16.122
Aerothermodynamics
Analysis of external inviscid and viscous hypersonic flows over thin airfoils, lifting bodies of revolution, wedges, cones, and blunt nose bodies. Analyses formulated using singular perturbation and multiple scale methods. Hypersonic equivalence principle. Hypersonic similarity. Newtonian approximation. Curved, detached shock waves. Crocco theorem. Entropy layers. Shock layers. Blast waves. Hypersonic boundary layers.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 2.25 , 18.085 , or permission of instructor G (Spring) 3-0-9 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027