Academic Catalog

ASE342 AERODYNAMICS II

Course Code: 3840342
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 4(3-2)
ECTS Credit: 5,5
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Lecturer BARIÞ GUNGORDU
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 3840341
The course set above should be completed before taking ASE342 AERODYNAMICS II .

Course Content

Compressible flow, normal and oblique shock waves, Prandtl-Mayer expansion wave. Subsonic Compressible Flow over Airfoils; Linear Theory, Linearized Supersonic Flow. 2D Boundary layers, concept and governing equations, similar flows and similarity transformation, Blassius problem. Integral methods of solution. Laminar and turbulent flows, stability and transition. Turbulence and transition. Turbulent boundary layers, Law of the wall and various turbulence models, Prandtl mixing length concept. Combined B/L along a flat plate, separation and stall, B/L on airfoils.