Professor Drela

Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics
Professor Mark Drela

Spring 2006

 

XFOIL Instructions (Athena)

Lecture
Date
Topic
Lecture Notes Anderson, Third Edition
F1
2/7
Formation of Lifting Flow
Lecture F1
4.5, 4.6
F2
2/8
Airfoil Vortex Sheet Models, Thin Airfoil Analysis Problem
Lecture F2
4.4, 4.7
F3
2/10
Thin Airfoil Analysis Problem, Continued
Lecture F3
4.8
F4
2/13
Thin Airfoil Theory Application: Analysis Example
Lecture F4
4.8, 4.9
F5
2/14
Introduction to 3D Wings, 2D and 3D Coefficients
Lecture F5

5.1

F6
2/15
3D Vortex Filaments, Lifting Line Theory
Lecture F6
5.1
F7
2/17
Elliptical Lift Distribution
Lecture F7
5.3.1
F8
2/21
Wing Geometry, Wing Design Problem
Lecture F8
5.3.2, 5.3.3
F9
2/22
General Wings
Lecture F9
5.3.2, 5.3.3
F10
2/23
Aircraft Performance Analysis (updated Feb 22)

Lecture F10

Drag Estimation Table

 
F11
2/24
Intorduction to Compressible Flows, Thermodynamic Concepts
Lecture F11
7.1-7.2
F12
2/28
Energy Conservation
Lecture F12
2.7, 7.4, 7.5
F13
3/6
Stagnation Quantities, Introduction to Shock Waves
Lecture F13
7.5, 7.6
F14
3/7
Normal Shock Waves, Speed of Sound
Lecture F14
8.1-8.3
F15
3/8
Mach Number Relations, Normal Shock Properties
Lecture F15
8.4, 8.6
F16
3/10
Shock Losses, Compressible Flow Pitot-Tube
Lecture F16
8.6, 8.7
 
 
F17
3/13
Oblique Shocks
Lecture F17
9.1, 9.2
F18
3/15
Prandtl-Meyer Waves, Shock Expansion Theory
Lecture F18
9.6, 9.7
F19
3/16
Compressible Channel Flow
Lecture F19
10.1, 10.2
F20
3/20
Laval Nozzle Flows
Lecture F20
10.3

 

 


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