Course Syllabus - Aerospace Fluid Mechanics
MWF 10:10-11:00AM Elab 323
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Date:

Week 1 (9/6/2004)

Topics Covered:

Introductory material and review of thermodynamics

Reading:

Chapter 1

Week 2 (9/13/2004)

Integral form of conservation equations (mass, momentum and energy) Chapter 2

Week 3 (9/20/2004)

Compressible flow concepts, the speed of sound and the Mach number Sections 3.1-3.5

Week 4 (9/27/2004)

Isentropic flows starting with variable area flows, nozzles and diffusers Chapter 5

Week 5 (10/4/2004)

Normal shocks Sections 3-6-3.7

Week 6 (10/11/2004)

More normal shocks and moving shock waves

Sections 7.1-7.2

Week 7 (10/18/2004)

Exam #1 (Evening of 10/21/2004)
Will cover material through normal shocks

Week 8 (10/25/2004) Rayleigh flow - 1D flow with heat addition
Fanno flow - 1D flow with friction
Sections 3.8-3.11
Week 9 (11/1/2004)
Oblique shocks, bow shocks and wall interactions and reflections
Sections 4.1- 4.4, 4.6
Week 10 (11/8/2004)
Prandtl-Meyer flow and expansion waves
Sections 4.12- 4.16
Week 11 (11/15/2004)
Exam #2 (Evening of 11/18/2002)
Will cover material through expansion waves

 
Week 12 (11/22/2004)
Boiling and Condensation
Chapter 10
Week 13 (11/29/2004)
Introduction to Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) including FLUENTTM tutorial session
Handouts
Project Assigned
Week 14 (12/6/2004)
More fun with fluids … discussion of a various other fluid dynamics topics.
Handouts and
Field Trips?
Week 15 (12/13/2004)
Final Project Due (12/15/2002)
 
 

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