- Docente: Gianbattista Scarpi
- Credits: 9
- SSD: ING-IND/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Aerospace Engineering (cod. 0207)
Learning outcomes
Basic Fluiddynamics, fundamentals in aerodynamics and gasdynamics
Course contents
Dimensional Analysis; Scalar and Vector Fields; Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Fluids.
Statics of Fluids; The International Standard Atmosphere.
Flow Analysis: Continuity Equation; Navier-Stokes Equations; Ideal Fluids; Euler Equations; Incompressible Fluids.
Reynolds Experiment; Steady Incompressible Flow in Pipes: Laminar and Turbulent Flow; Bernoulli Equation for Incompressible and Compressible Fluids.
Plane Ideal Flows; Stream Function, Potential Flows; Uniform Flow, Source, Doublet, Vortex. Spinning Cylinder in a Uniform Stream; Magnus Effect; Kutta-Zhukowsky Theorem.
Glauert Theory for Thin Airfolis; Lift Coefficient; Pitching Moment Coefficient; Centre of Pressure; Aerodynamic Centre.
Boundary Layer Theory: Laminar and Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate with zero Pressure Gradient; Drag Coefficient; Boundary Layer on Blunt Bodies. Separation of Boundary Layer.
Finite Airfoil Theory: Horseshoe Vortex; Lift and Induced Drag for Elliptic Distribution; Experimental Characteristics of Wing Sections.
Compressible Flows: Airfoils in Subsonic Flow; Critical Mach Number. Isentropic One-Dimensional Flow; Supersonic Flow; Linearised Supersonic Flow; Prandtl_Meyer Expansion; Oblique Shock Waves; Shock Polar; Rankine-Hugoniot Equation; Characteristic Ratios across a Shock Wave versus Normal Mach Number; Shock Waves in Nozzles; Airfoils in Supersonic Flow.
Dynamic Similarity and Modelling of Phenomena; Wind Tunnels. Airscrew Theory.
Readings/Bibliography
Mattioli: Aerodinamica. Ed. Levrotto & Bella, Torino
Quori: Aerodinamica. Ed. Levrotto & Bella, Torino
Houghton / Carpenter: Aerodynamics for Engineering Students. Ed. Arnold, London
Kuethe / Chow: Foundation of Aerodynamics. Ed. Wiley, New York
Gerhart / Gross / Hochstein: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. Ed. Addison & Wesley
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
oral exam
Office hours
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