AERODYNAMICS

EMA 522

Experimental methods for aerodynamic measurements: wind tunnel tests with 6-component sting balance, pitot probe, hot wire anemometer; flow visualization with smoke generator and laser sheet; digital data acquisition; practical considerations for experimental design. Methods for comparing theoretical predictions to experimental measurements and computational simulations.

EMA 542

Kinematics and kinetics of plane and three-dimensional motion, Coriolis acceleration, general methods of linear and angular momentum, central force motion, gyrodynamics, generalized coordinates. Lagrange's equations.

ME 363

Laws of mechanics and thermodynamics applied to fluids at rest and in motion; potential flow; dimensional analysis; viscous flow; pipe flow; boundary-layer theory; compressible flow.

MATH 705

Advanced introduction to fluid dynamics. Basic concepts; elementary viscous flow; Navier-Stokes equations. Elementary airfoil theory; boundary layers. Vortex motion. Waves. Very viscous flow. Compressible flows. Instabilities, bifurcations, turbulence. Requires working knowledge of multivariate calculus, differential equations and mechanics.

ME 563

Incompressible differential and integral analysis for basic conservation laws, kinematics, exact solutions to Navier-Stokes, boundary layer theory, vorticity, potential flow, and selected topics.