Aerodynamics II

Course content

Compressible flow of air, governing equations for compressible inviscid flow, normal and oblique shock waves, Prandtl Meyer expansion wave, Linearized theory. Viscous flow of air, Navier-Stokes equations, Boundary layer simplifications, 2D boundary layers, similarity solutions, Blassius solution, integral methods, effects of pressure gradient, laminar and turbulent flow, transition and turbulence, law of the wall. Separation and stall, boundary layers on airfoils. Prerequisite:AEE 341 or consent of the department.