Course Schedule and Homework - MAE 4230 & 5230, Spring 2011

Homework is due on Wednesday


Note : lectures are given by Prof. Wang, except the days when Dr. Bhaskaran is teaching FLUENT (cells highlighted in yellow).

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Date
Topics
Course material
HW and solutions
M 01/24
Flow pattern at different Reynolds numbers Lecture 1
Tritton - chap3: Flow past a cylinder
van Dyke: An Album of Fluid Motion
W 01/26
Fluid equations
Intuitive picture of Reynolds number
Lecture 2

M 01/31
Curious phenomena at low Reynolds numbers Lecture 3
G.I. Taylor's lecture at NCFMF:
film, film notes
HW1 assigned
W 02/02
Navier-Stokes equations Lecture 4
Acheson - chap2: Elementary viscous flow
HW2 assigned
M 02/07
Introduction to numerical methods and solutions (I) Lecture 5
CFD Lecture 1
CFD introduction
MAE4291/5230: Intro to FLUENT, discretization and meshing
HW1 due - Solution
W 02/09
Introduction to numerical methods and solutions (II) Lecture 6 HW2 due - Solution
HW3 assigned
M 02/14
D'Alembert's paradox
Boundary layer equation and Prandtl's insight
Lecture 7
Acheson - chap2: Elementary viscous flow
Acheson - chap8: Boundary layers
W 02/16
Boundary layer analysis
Similarity solution
Lecture 8
Acheson - chap8: Boundary layers

HW3 due - Solution
HW4 assigned
M 02/21
Numerical solution for laminar pipe flow using FLUENT (I): Link Lecture 9
W 02/23
Numerical solution for laminar pipe flow using FLUENT (II): Link Lecture 10 HW4 due - Solution
HW5 assigned
M 02/28
Boundary layer: flow next to an impulsively started plate Lecture 11
Acheson - chap2: Elementary viscous flow
W 03/02
Visualizing boundary layers Lecture 12
Abernathy's lecture at NCFMF:
film, film notes
HW5 due - Solution
HW6 assigned
M 03/07
Numerical solution of boundary layers using FLUENT: Link Lecture 13
W 03/09
Introduction to aerodynamics:
Falling papers: tumbling and fluttering plate in water (I)
Lecture 14
HW6 due - Solution
M 03/14
Review for the midterm
Midterm review notes
W 03/16
Midterm Exam
M 03/21
Spring break!
W 03/23
Spring break!
M 03/28
Lecture 15
W 03/30
Midterm solutions Lecture 16
HW7 assigned
M 04/04
Streamlines, Vorticity and Circulation
Lecture 17
W 04/06
Lecture 18
HW7 due - Solution
HW8 assigned
M 04/11
Aerodynamics
Lecture 19
W 04/13
Aerodynamics Lecture 20
HW8 due - Solution
HW9 assigned
M 04/18
Airfoil theory I: complex potential, conformal mapping and Laplace solution. Lecture 21
W 04/20
Airfoil theory II: flow past a cylinder, Kutta condition and Joukowski lift Lecture 22
HW9 due - Solution
HW10 assigned
M 04/25
Insect flight I: unsteady aerodynamics Lecture 23
W 04/27
Turbulence modeling in FLUENT Lecture 24
HW10 due - Solution
M 05/02
Insect flight II: flight dynamics and stability Lecture 25
W 05/04
Review and Q&A
Final review notes
T 05/17
Final exam
2:00PM in Upson B17

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