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MIE 440
Aerospace Fluid Dynamics
Fall 2007

 

Syllabus

 

 

Date

Reading

Comments

Content

Sept 4   (tu)

Chap 6.1-6.6

 

Intro     Grad/Div/Curl

Sept 6   (th)

 

 

Why/How

Sept 11 (tu)

Chap 6.8

HW1 due

Euler/Navier-Stokes

Sept 13 (th)

Chap 6.10

 

CFD

Sept 18 (tu)

 

HW2 due

Energy

Sept 20 (th)

 

 

Entropy

Sept 25 (tu)

Chap 7

HW3 due

Dim Analysis

Sept 27 (th)

 

 

Applications

Oct  2   (tu)

Chap 8

HW4 due

Pipe Flow (laminar)

Oct  4   (th)

 

 

(turbulent).

Oct  9   (tu)

 

No Class (Mon. Sched.)

 

Oct  11 (th)

Chap 9

 

Drag/Lift

Oct  16 (tu)

 

HW5 due 

Project

Oct  18 (th)

 

 

Review

Oct  23 (tu)

 

Midterm

 

Oct  25 (th)

Chap 10

 

Free Surface / Jumps

Oct  30 (tu)

 

HW6 due

Water Waves

Nov 1   (th)

 

 

Dispersion / Diffraction

Nov 6   (tu)

 

HW7 due

Thermo Review

Nov 8   (th)

Chap 11.1-.3

 

Compressible Flow

Nov 13 (tu)

Chap 11.6

HW8 due 

Acoustics

Nov 15 (th)

Chap 11.4

 

Nozzles

Nov 20 (tu)

 

HW9 due

Rarefactions

Nov 22 (th)

 

No Class Thanksgiving 

 

Nov 27 (tu)

 

 

Shocks

Nov 29 (th)

 

 

 

Dec 4    (tu)

 

HW10 due

Moving Shocks

Dec 6    (th)

Chap 11.5

 

Heat / Entropy Addition

Dec 11  (tu)

Chap 11.7

Project

2D and 3D shocks

Dec 13  (th)

 

 

Review

 

             

Grading:

 

·       Homework: 20%.   No late assignments.  (negative points for problems not attempted).

·       Midterm: 25%.  (Oct 23rd).

·       Final Exam: 40% (Date and location to be announced).

·       Project: 5%.

·       Class participation, 10%.