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CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Aerospace Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 14166
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Advanced Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics I, Fluid Mechanics II
DESCRIPTION
Introduction to Aerodynamics. Incompressible, subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic regimes. Potential flow, linearization. The Kutta-Joukowski theorem and D'Alambert's paradox. Incompressible flow over airfoils. The vortex sheet. The Kutta condition. Kelvin's circulation theorem and the starting vortex. Assymetric and symmetric linearized problems. The aerodynamic center. Drag, stall and high-lift devices. Incompressible flow over finite wings. The Biot-Savart law. Prandtl's lifting line theory. Effect of the aspect ratio. Linear theory of subsonic compressible flows. Prandtl-Glauert correction. Other compressibility corrections. Critical Mach number, Mach Divergence and the area rule. Supercritical airfoils. Supersonic airfoils. Linearized potential theory.
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