MECH ENG 3101 - Applied Aerodynamics
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| Course Code | MECH ENG 3101 |
| Course | Applied Aerodynamics |
| Coordinating Unit | School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences |
| Term | Semester 2 2012 |
| Mode | Internal |
| Level | Undergraduate |
| Location/s | North Terrace |
| Units | 3 |
| Contact | Up to 4 hours per week |
| Prerequisites | Not applicable |
| Corequisites | Not applicable |
| Incompatible | Not applicable |
| Assumed Knowledge | MECH ENG 1007, at least 6 units of Level II Applied Mathematics courses and MECH ENG 2021 |
| Restrictions | Available to BE(Mechanical), BE(Mechanical & Aerospace), BE(Mechanical & Automotive), BE(Mechanical & Sports), BE(Mechanical & Sustainable Energy) and associated double and combined degree students only |
| Quota | Not applicable |
| Course Description | The aim of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals and practical aspects of incompressible and compressible flows and the design and operation of flow systems, including pipe networks, automobiles and flight vehicles. The course content includes: flow of inviscid and viscous fluids; laminar and turbulent flow in pipes and boundary layers; losses in pipe systems; lift and drag forces on moving bodies, aerofoil theory; incompressible-flow machines; fundamentals of compressible flow; 1-D pipe flow; compressible flow nozzles; Rayleigh flow; Fanno flow; external compressible flow around bodies including transonic and supersonic vehicles; design considerations; experimental techniques. |
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