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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

ECTS Course Overview



Ideal Fluid Dynamics

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Course Unit Code338-0547/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle, Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DRA10doc. Ing. Sylva Drábková, Ph.D.
BLE02doc. Ing. Tomáš Blejchař, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students will be able to:
• formulate the basic relations describing the behavior of ideal gases
• explain the basic principles of steady and unsteady flow of an ideal fluid.
Students will be able to:
• analyze the problem of ideal fluid aerodynamics
• choose a method for its solving
• solve a given task
• interprete and justify the obtained results
Course Contents
Review of Navier-Stokes equations, perfect fluid approximation and consequences, Rankine-Hugoniot equations,
Incompressible fluid dynamics:
Review of airfoil profile study and determination of characteristics,
Prandtl lifting line theory, lifting surface theory,
Compressible fluid dynamics:
o Subsonic flow and Prandtl-Glauert compressibility correction,
o Slender body theory in subsonic flow,
o Linearised two dimensional supersonic flow theory, shockwaves,
- Applications in converging diverging nozzle.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
ROY, Arnab&bookboon.com. A First Course on Aerodynamics. ISBN 978-87-7681-926-2. 100 p. Downloaded at http://bookboon.com/
ANDERSON J. D. Jr. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. 2001. 912p. ISBN 0-07-237335-0
ROY, Arnab&bookboon.com. A First Course on Aerodynamics. ISBN 978-87-7681-926-2. 100 p. Downloaded at http://bookboon.com/
ANDERSON J. D. Jr. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. 2001. 912p. ISBN 0-07-237335-0
Recommended Reading:
HOUGHTON E.L., CARPENTER, P. W. Aerodynamics for Engineering Students. Fifth Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann an imprint of Elsevier Science. 2003, 614 p., ISBN 0 7506 5111 3
Mase, G. Thomas; George E. Mase (1999). Continuum Mechanics for Engineers (Second Edition ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-1855-6
HOUGHTON E.L., CARPENTER, P. W. Aerodynamics for Engineering Students. Fifth Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann an imprint of Elsevier Science. 2003, 614 p., ISBN 0 7506 5111 3
Mase, G. Thomas; George E. Mase (1999). Continuum Mechanics for Engineers (Second Edition ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-1855-6
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined