| Course Name | Aerodynamics I |
| Course Code | 23AEE211 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering |
| Semester | 4 |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
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.
Course Objectives
This subject provides fundamental understanding of aerodynamics by considering an infinite wing / airfoil. In doing so, the flow domain turns out 2-D and thereby the analysis is simplified. It also facilitates the student to apply superposition of potential flows to simulate flow around geometries of practical relevance.
Course Outcome
CO1: Understand fundamentals and know the non-depersonalization of aerodynamic forces and moments; familiar with airfoil nomenclature and airfoil characteristics.
CO2: Apply conformal mapping to Jowkowski transformation.
CO3: Understand plane potential flow and apply to aerodynamic problems of academic and practical interest.
CO-PO Mapping
| PO/PSO |
PO1 |
PO2 |
PO3 |
PO4 |
PO5 |
PO6 |
PO7 |
PO8 |
PO9 |
PO10 |
PO11 |
PO12 |
PSO1 |
PSO2 |
PSO3 |
| CO | |||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – |
| CO2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – |
| CO3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – |
Evaluation Pattern
| Assessment | Internal | End Semester |
| Midterm Exam | 30 | |
| *Continuous Assessment (CA) | 30 | |
| End Semester | 40 |
Text Book(s)
John D Anderson, “Fundamentals of Aerodynamics,” 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 2016.
Reference(s)
Valentine Daniel T , E.L. Houghton and P.W. Carpenter, “Aerodynamics for Engineering Students,” 7th edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2016.
Milne-Thomson, “Theoretical Aerodynamics,” Dover, 1974.
Krishnamurthy Karamcheti, “Principles of Ideal-Fluid Aerodynamics,” 2nd edition, Krieger Pub Co, 1980
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