- Docente: Gianbattista Scarpi
- Credits: 3
- SSD: ING-IND/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Aerospace Engineering (cod. 8263)
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to provide basic knowdledge about supersonic flows.
Course contents
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. Swept and delta wings.
Readings/Bibliography
Houghton / Carpenter: Aerodynamics for Engineering Students. Ed. Arnold, London
Kuethe / Chow: Foundation of Aerodynamics. Ed. Wiley, New York
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
oral examination
Office hours
See the website of Gianbattista Scarpi