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16.100

Aerodynamics

3-1-8 units · Undergraduate

Extends fluid mechanic concepts from Unified Engineering to aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in sub/supersonic regimes. Addresses themes such as subsonic potential flows, including source/vortex panel methods; viscous flows, including laminar and turbulent boundary layers; aerodynamics of airfoils and wings, including thin airfoil theory, lifting line theory, and panel method/interacting boundary layer methods; and supersonic and hypersonic airfoil theory. Material may vary from year to year depending upon focus of design problem.

Fall 2005

This course extends fluid mechanic concepts from Unified Engineering to the aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in sub/supersonic regimes. 16.100 generally has four components: subsonic potential flows, including source/vortex panel methods; viscous flows, including laminar and turbulent boundary layers; aerodynamics of airfoils and wings, including thin airfoil theory, lifting line theory, and panel method/interacting boundary layer methods; and supersonic and hypersonic airfoil theory. Course material varies each year depending upon the focus of the design problem.

Readings

  • Anderson, John D. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics . 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN: 007237350. If you have the Second Edition, it will be acceptable though you will be missing some of the reading material.
    Listed reading
  • Kuethe, Arnold, and Chuen-Yen Chow. Foundation of Aerodynamics . 5th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1997. ISBN: 0471129194.
    Listed reading
  • Bertin, John J. Aerodynamics for Engineers . 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN: 0130646334.
    Listed reading
  • Moran, Jack. An Introduction to Theoretical and Computational Aerodynamics . 1st ed. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 2003. ISBN: 0486428796.
    Listed reading
  • Anderson, John D. Introduction to Flight . 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN: 0072990716.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 16.003 and 16.004 U (Fall) 3-1-8 units

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