Department of Mechanical Engineering

AE 301 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Aerodynamics

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
AE 301	FALL	2	2	3	5

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Required (Core Course)
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupational Classification Code	-
Course Coordinator	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İzzet Murat Akşit
Course Lecturer(s)	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İzzet Murat Akşit
Assistant(s)	Araş. Gör. Hasan Totoş

Course Objectives

This course aims to present the basic principles of low speed aerodynamics including inviscid and incompressible flow, to provide common methods used in aerodynamic design stages, and to intensify the knowledge by means of weakly homeworks.

Learning Outcomes

The students who succeeded in this course;

Name	Description	PC Sub	* Contribution Level
Name	Description	PC Sub	1	2	3	4	5
LO1	Describe the importance of aerodynamics.			X
LO2	Define fundamental knowledge of aerodynamic forces and moments, aerodynamic coefficients.					X
LO3	Model the flow based on conservation laws.				X
LO4	Describe the generation of lift.				X
LO5	Compare the aerodynamic shapes including cylinder and airfoil,				X
LO6	Discuss lifting surface theory and wing. (Aerodynamic test using wind tunnel.)					X

Course Description

Aerodynamics course provides important tools in understanding of aerodynamic design process. The course is composed of the topics related to mainly inviscid and incompressible flow modeling and computations.

Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses	X
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Managment Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Required Materials	Learning Outcome
1	Aerodynamics: some introductory thoughts; aerodynamic forces and moments, coefficients, dimensional analysis and the Buckingham Pi theorem.	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 1.	LO1
2	Aerodynamics: some introductory thoughts; flow similarity, types of flows.	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 1.	LO1
3	Aerodynamics: some fundamental principles and equations; review of vector relations, integrals, models of the fluid, control volumes and fluid elements	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 2.	LO2
4	Aerodynamics: some fundamental principles and equations; conservation laws including continuity equation, momentum equation, and energy equation.	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 2.	LO2
5	Aerodynamics: some fundamental principles and equations; flow patterns, vorticity, circulation, velocity potential and stream function, some introductory information about numerical solutions based on computational fluid dynamics.	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 2.	LO3
6	Fundamentals of inviscid, incompressible flow: Bernoulli’s equation, incompressible flow in a duct, pitot tube, pressure coefficient	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 3.	LO3
7	Fundamentals of inviscid, incompressible flow: governing equations for irrotational, incompressible flow, Laplace’s equation, uniform flow, source flow.	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 3.	LO3
8	Midterm		-
9	Fundamentals of inviscid, incompressible flow: doublet flow, vortex flow, the Kutta-Joukowski theorem and generation of lift, panel methods	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 4.	LO3
10	Incompressible flows over airfoils: airfoil nomenclature and characteristics, the vortex sheet, the Kutta condition, Kelvin’s circulation theorem. /Experiment	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 4.	LO3
11	Incompressible flows over airfoils: classical thin airfoil theory, the aerodynamic center, modern low speed airfoils./Experiment	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 4.	LO4
12	Incompressible flow over finite wings: Prandtl’s classical lifting line theory, a numerical nonlinear lifting line method, lifting surface theory and vortex lattice numerical method. /Experiment	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 5.	LO4
13	Incompressible flow over finite wings: Prandtl’s classical lifting line theory, a numerical nonlinear lifting line method, lifting surface theory and vortex lattice numerical method./Experiment	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 5.	LO5
14	Carrier line theory, elliptical carrier distribution./Experiment	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 6.	LO6
15	Review /Experiment		-
16	Final		-

Course Notes/Textbooks	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson Jr. McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering McGraw-Hill ISBN 0-07-237335-0.
Suggested Readings/Materials	Aerodynamics for Engineering Students E. L. Houghton and P. W. Carpenter Butterworth Heinemann ISBN 0 7506 5111 3

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weighting	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5	LO6
Laboratory / Application	5	10			X	X		X
Homework / Assignments	5	15		X	X		X
Midterm	1	25	X	X	X
Final Exam	1	50	X	X	X	X	X	X
Midterm	1	0
Total	13	100

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Participation	-	-	-
Theoretical Course Hours	16	2	32
Laboratory / Application Hours	16	2	32
Study Hours Out of Class	14	4	56
Field Work	-	-	-
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	-	-	-
Portfolio	-	-	-
Homework / Assignments	5	2	10
Presentation / Jury	-	-	-
Project	-	-	-
Seminar / Workshop	-	-	-
Oral Exams	-	-	-
Midterms	1	10	10
Final Exam	1	10	10
		Total	150

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
			1	2	3	4	5
No program competency data found.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

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