Low Speed Aerodynamics Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech second year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Low Speed Aerodynamics B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) second year second sem is as follows.
B.Tech. II Year II Sem. L/T/P/C
Course Code: SM405MS 3/0/0/3
UNIT – I Review of Fluid Mechanics: Importance of Aerodynamics, Fundamental aerodynamics
variables and dimensional analysis (statement of Buckingham π – theorem) leading to force & moment coefficient and dimensionless similarity parameters such as Reynolds number, Mach number, incompressible flow, compressible flow and Mach number- Continuity & momentum equations in differential form. Euler equation, viscosity, Navier – Stokes equation, Reynolds number as an order- of-magnitude messure of ratio of Inertia forces to viscous forces.
UNIT – II Inviscid Incompressible Flows: Large Reynolds number flows, Prandtl’s Boundary Layer Hypothesis, viscous boundary layer flow and inviscid external flow. Justification of inviscid flow analysis. Angular Velocity, Vorticity and circulation, Kelvin Theorem and irrotational flow velocity potential, Stream function, Laplace equiation, boundary condition at infinity and wall, Elementary flows and their combinations, flow past circular cylinder – non lifting case, lifting case & Magnus effect, the spinning tennis ball, D’Alembert’s Paradox, Kutta – Joukowsky theorem – circular cyclinder with vortex, airfoil as an arbitrary cylinder with a sharp trailing edge, Kutta condition. Kelvin’s circulation theorem & starting vortex, concept of small perturbation & thin airfoil theory – linearization of the boundary condition, resolution of thin airfoil problem into lifting & nonlifting cases, their solutions by method
of singularity distribution, the aerodynamic center, the center of pressure, load representation.
UNIT – III Viscous Flow And Boundary Layer: Role of viscosity in fluid flow. boundary layer growth along a flat plate and nearly flat surface, displacement thickness and patching of inviscid external flow to viscous boundary layer flow, laminar boundary layer, transition and turbulent boundary layer, skin friction drag by integration of tangential stress & pressure drag by integration of normal stress, factors influencing boundary layer separation – adverse pressure gradient and sharp bending / turning of surface. Real (Viscous) flow and variation of drag coefficient with Reynolds number for circular cylinder. Real (viscous) flow and importance of skin friction drag for airfoils. Effect of transition and surface roughness on airfoils, N – S equation, Boundary layer approximation, Blasius solution for the flat plate problem. Definition of momentum thickness & derivation of Von Karman’s momentum equation.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Bertin, J.J., Aerodynamics for Engineers, fourth edition, Pearson Education, 2002, ISBN: 81-297-0486-2
- Anderson, Jr., J.D., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, International edition, McGrawHill, 2001, ISBN: 0-07-118146-6.
- Kuethe, A.M., and Chow, C., Foundations of Aerodynamics, 5th Edn., Wiley, 1998,ISBN: 0-471-12919-4.
- Karamcheti Krishnamurthy, Principles of Ideal- fluid Aerodynamics, Wiley, 1966
REFERENCES:
- Kuchemann, D., the Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft, Pergamum, 1978.
- Shevell, R.S., Fundamentals of Flight, Indian reprint, Pearson Education, 2004, ISBN: 81-297-0514-1.
- McCormick, B.W., Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, & Flight Mechanics, second edition, John Wiley, 1995, ISBN: 0-471-57506-2
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