Unit 1
Importance of Aerodynamics – Classification and Practical Objectives – Aerodynamic Forces – Moments and their Non-dimensionalization – Airfoil Nomenclature – Airfoil Characteristics.
| Course Name | Aerodynamics I |
| Course Code | 15AES211 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering |
| Semester | Four |
| Year Taught | 2019 |
Importance of Aerodynamics – Classification and Practical Objectives – Aerodynamic Forces – Moments and their Non-dimensionalization – Airfoil Nomenclature – Airfoil Characteristics.
Complex Functions: Analytic Functions and Cauchy-Riemann Criteria, Conformal Mapping, Joukowski Transformation.
Concept of Circulation – Plane Potential Flow – Laplace Equation – Elementary Flows and its Superposition – Kutta Condition – Kutta-Joukowski Theorem – Kelvin’s Circulation Theorem – Starting Vortex.
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