Selected Parts of Theoretical and Experimental Aerodynamics

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Department of Aerospace Engineering

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Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics

Boundary layers and turbulence

Turbulent flow modeling

Models of low- and high-speed flow around a wing

Unsteady aerodynamics

Active flow control

Shock wave - boundary layer interaction. 2D supersonic flow. Supersonic airfoils

Supercritical airfoils. Transsonic flow around an airfoil

Hypersonic aerodynamice

Role of aerodynamic experiment. Modelling of similarity, criteria of similarity. Wind tunnels and test rigs.

Models for wind tunnel testing. Measurement of aerodynamic forces and moments, wind-tunnel balances.

Measurement of pressures. Measurements of velocity nad direction of flow. Use of hot-wire anemometer and laser methods.

Measurement of temperature. Visualization of flow. Assessment of data of aerodynamic testing, wind tunnel

corrections. Incertitude and repeatability of testing.

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Barlow, J. B., Rae, W. H., Pope, A. Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, Wiley, 1999, ISBN 978-0-471-55774-6

Gulcat, U. . Fundamentals of Modern Unsteady Aerodynamics, Springer, 2016. ISBN 978-3-642-14761-6

AGARD Report No. 679, Special Course on Unsteady Aerodynamics, 1990

Anderson, J., Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective, McGraw-Hill, New York 2003

Pope, A., Goin, K. L., High-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, Wiley, New York 1965, ISBN 978-0882757278

Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-662-49162

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