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why-airplanes-flyaerodynamics
Dr. Hamdy A. Kandil
Preface
Objectives
The course aims to providing the students with fundamental knowledge of
aerodynamics. As a core course, it will focus on the basic understanding and
engineering approaches to aerodynamics. The students will be introduced to
a number of methods, which are routinely used as part of the aircraft
design process
Learning Outcome
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will:
appreciate governing equations of aerodynamic flows.
have a basic understanding of inviscid incompressible flow and basic
airfoil/wing theory
have a basic understanding of compressible flows and understanding in
the application to transonic/supersonic flows.
appreciate aerodynamic design considerations.
Activities
Apply simple superposition of elementary flow solutions to study the flow
around circular cylinders, Joukowski airfoil and general airfoils
Compute aerodynamic forces on streamlined bodies, in particular airfoils and
wings in incompressible, subsonic and supersonic flow
Introduce students to experimental methods
Text Book
Aerodynamics for Engineers, John J. Bertin & Russell M. Cummings,
Pearson, 2014, (6th edition), ISBN 978-0-273-79327-4
References
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, John Anderson, McGraw-Hill, 2011, (5th
edition), ISBN 978-0-07-339810-5.
Aerodynamics for Engineering Students, E.L. Houghton, P.W. Carpenter,
Steven H. Collicott, Daniel T. Valentine (6th edition), Elsevier, 2013,
ISBN: 978-0-08-096632-8
Foundations of Aerodynamics, Arnold M. Kuethe & Chuen-Yen Chow, John
Wiley, 1998, 5th edition, ISBN 0-471-12919-4
Basic Aerodynamics Incompressible Flow, Gary A. Flandro, Howard M.
McMahon, Robert L. Roach, Cambridge, 2012, ISBN 978-0-521-80582-7
Web
Course Contents
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Introduction
Role of aerodynamics in aerospace engineering, revision of fluid mechanical
principles, fundamental principles
Potential Flows
DRAG
THRUST
WEIGHT
WEIGHT@ GRAVITY
Acts vertically downwards
through the Centre of
Gravity
FORCES ACTING ON AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT
DRAG
Opposes the forward
motion
Regarded as a rearward
acting force
PRODUCTION OF LIFT
To keep flying
aircraft must produce a
force equal to its own
weight
Lift
Lift is the force created by the interaction between the wings and
the airflow. It always act upwards. It is considered to be the
'most important force' as without it, an aircraft cannot ascend
from ground and maintain altitude.
Lift is an aerodynamic force
Angle of Attack
Pressure Field
high
low
Low pressure
Low velocity
High pressure
Attached flow
AIRFOIL STALL
Force
Lift
Weight
This force acts on an aircraft due to the aircraft's body weight
and Earth's gravity. Weight is a downward force.
Acts through a single point called the center of gravity (the CG)
Thrust
Drag
This force acts in reverse direction to motion and hinders forward
motion. Drag is considered as a negative force and all engineers
try their best to reduce drag.
An aerodynamic force.
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