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| SEC 320 | Aerodynamics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. . Dr. Mustafa SARIOĞLU | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on Fundamental Principles and Equations, and on the study of incompressible flow, the theory of calculation of forces and moments on airfoils and wings, and introduction to the aircraft flight. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Students will have a general information on Aerodynamics. | 1,9 | | | LO - 2 : | Students will be able to learn types of flow and some fundamental Principles and Equations, and some Theorems about Incompressible Flow | 1,3,5,11 | | | LO - 3 : | Students will be able to calculate the forces and moments on different bodies. | 1,3,5 | | | LO - 4 : | Students will be able to analyse incompressible flow over finite wings. | 1,3,5 | | | LO - 5 : | Students will be able to apply the force and moment equations to the calculation of drag of a two dimensional body. | 1,3,5 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Fundamental Principles: Some Introductory Thoughts: Aerodynamic Forces and Moments; Dimensioanal Aanalysis; Flow Similarity; Types of Flow; Some Fundamental Principles and Equations: Continuity equation; Momentum Equation; Pathlines, Streamlines, and Streaklines of a Flow; Stream Function; Velocity Potential; Fundamentals of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow: Bernolulli?s Equation; Laplace?s Equation; Uniform Flow; Source Flow; Doublet Flow; Vortex Flow; Kutta-Joukowski Theorem; Incompreessible Flows Over Airfoils: The Kutta Condition; Kelvin?s Circulation Theorem; Classical Thin Airfoil Theory; The Cambered Airfoil; Incompressible Flow Over Finite Wings: Downwash and Induced Drag; Vortex Filament, Biot-Savart Law, and Helmhotz?s Theorems; Prandtl?s Classical Lifting-Line Theory |
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