High Speed Aerodynamics [E

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Department of Aerospace Engineering

Synopsis:

Physical features of compressible flows. Fundamental laws of high speed flows. One dimensional high speed flow in tubes with the delivery of mass, heat, mechanical energy and friction. Potential flow at high speeds. Aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils at subsonic speeds. Aerodynamic characteristics of wings at subsonic speeds. Swept wings. Wings of low aspect ratio. Fundamental of supersonic flows. Propagation of pressure disturbancies and their influence on a supersonic flow field. Shock waves. Supersonic airfoils. Aerodynamic characteristics of supersonic wings. Essentials of transonic flows. Means to supress the wave crisis at transonic speeds. Supercritical airfoils.

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Low Speed Aerodynamics.

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Study Objective:

Teach the basics of high speed aerodynamics.

Study materials:

V. Brož: Aerodynamika vysokých rychlostí, skripta ČVUT, 1995

J. D. Anderson: Modern Compressible Falow, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1982

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