Aerodynamics

Basic Fluid Mechanics

• Incompressible irrotational flow,
• Helmholtz and kelvin theorem,
• Singularities and superposition,
• Viscous flows,
• Boundary layer on a flat plate.

Airfoils and Wings

• Classification of airfoils,
• Aerodynamic Characteristics,
• High lift devices,
• Kutta Joukowski theorem,
• Lift generation,
• Thin airfoil theory,
• Wing theory,
• Induced drag,
• Qualitative treatment of low aspect ratio wings.

Viscous Flows

• Flow Separation,
• Introduction to turbulence,
• Transition,
• Structure of a turbulent boundary.

Compressible flows

• Dynamics and Thermodynamics of 1-D flow,
• Isentropic flow,
• Normal shock,
• Oblique shock,
• Prandtl- Meyer flow,
• Flow In nozzles, Diffusers, Inviscid flow in a C-D Nozzle,
• Flow in diffusers,
• Subsonic and Supersonic airfoils,
• Compressibility effects on lift and drag,
• Critical and drag divergence Mach no,
• Wave drag.

Wind tunnel Testing

• Measurement and visualization techniques.