WEEK # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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1 | Integral Equations, Lift and Drag | Project assignment 1 out |
2 | Kinematics, Stress-strain, and Navier-Stokes Equations Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel Tests Aerodynamic Design of BWB - Lecture by Bob Liebeck, The Boeing Company | Homework 1 due |
3 | 2-D Potential Flow | Homework 2 due Project assignment 1 due |
4 | 2-D Panel Methods | Homework 3 due Project assignment 2 out |
5 | Thin Airfoil Theory and Vortex Lattice Methods | Homework 4 due Project assignment 2 due |
6 | Lifting Line and High Aspect Ratio Wings | Homework 5 due Project assignment 3 out |
7 | Compressibility and Quasi 1D Flow | Take-home written exam 1 out Project assignment 3 due |
8 | Oblique Shock Waves and Expansion Fans Mid-term Oral Exams | Take-home written exam 1 due |
9 | Navier-Stokes Equations | Homework 6 due Project assignment 4 out |
10 | Boundary Layers: Laminar | Homework 7 due Project assignment 4 due Project design teams announced |
11 | Boundary Layers: Laminar (cont.) and Separation | Homework 8 due |
12 | Boundary Layers: Transition and Turbulence | Homework 9 due |
13 | Boundary Layers: Turbulent Flow Modeling | Project design report due Take-home written exam 2 out |
14 | Airfoil Design | Take-home written exam 2 due |
15 | Final Topics and Summary | |
16 | Oral Exams |