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Date
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Topics
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Course material
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HW and solutions
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M 01/24
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Flow pattern at different Reynolds numbers |
Lecture 1 Tritton - chap3: Flow past a cylinder van Dyke: An Album of Fluid Motion |
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W 01/26
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Fluid equations Intuitive picture of Reynolds number |
Lecture 2 |
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M 01/31
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Curious phenomena at low Reynolds numbers |
Lecture 3 G.I. Taylor's lecture at NCFMF: film, film notes |
HW1 assigned |
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W 02/02
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Navier-Stokes equations |
Lecture 4 Acheson - chap2: Elementary viscous flow |
HW2 assigned |
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M 02/07
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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 |
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W 02/09
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Introduction to numerical methods and solutions (II) | Lecture 6 |
HW2 due - Solution HW3 assigned |
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M 02/14
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D'Alembert's paradox Boundary layer equation and Prandtl's insight |
Lecture 7 Acheson - chap2: Elementary viscous flow Acheson - chap8: Boundary layers |
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W 02/16
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Boundary layer analysis Similarity solution |
Lecture 8 Acheson - chap8: Boundary layers |
HW3 due - Solution HW4 assigned |
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M 02/21
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Numerical solution for laminar pipe flow using FLUENT (I): Link | Lecture 9 | |
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W 02/23
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Numerical solution for laminar pipe flow using FLUENT (II): Link | Lecture 10 |
HW4 due - Solution HW5 assigned |
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M 02/28
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Boundary layer: flow next to an impulsively started plate |
Lecture 11 Acheson - chap2: Elementary viscous flow |
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W 03/02
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Visualizing boundary layers |
Lecture 12 Abernathy's lecture at NCFMF: film, film notes |
HW5 due - Solution HW6 assigned |
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M 03/07
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Numerical solution of boundary layers using FLUENT: Link |
Lecture 13 |
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W 03/09
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Introduction to aerodynamics: Falling papers: tumbling and fluttering plate in water (I) |
Lecture 14 |
HW6 due - Solution |
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M 03/14
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Review for the midterm |
Midterm review notes |
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W 03/16
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Midterm Exam
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M 03/21
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Spring break!
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W 03/23
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Spring break!
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M 03/28
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Lecture 15 |
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W 03/30
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Midterm solutions |
Lecture 16 |
HW7 assigned |
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M 04/04
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Streamlines, Vorticity and Circulation |
Lecture 17 |
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W 04/06
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Lecture 18 |
HW7 due - Solution HW8 assigned |
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M 04/11
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Aerodynamics |
Lecture 19 |
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W 04/13
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Aerodynamics |
Lecture 20 |
HW8 due - Solution HW9 assigned |
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M 04/18
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Airfoil theory I: complex potential, conformal mapping and Laplace solution. |
Lecture 21 |
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W 04/20
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Airfoil theory II: flow past a cylinder, Kutta condition and Joukowski lift |
Lecture 22 |
HW9 due - Solution HW10 assigned |
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M 04/25
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Insect flight I: unsteady aerodynamics |
Lecture 23 |
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W 04/27
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Turbulence modeling in FLUENT |
Lecture 24 |
HW10 due - Solution |
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M 05/02
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Insect flight II: flight dynamics and stability |
Lecture 25 |
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W 05/04
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Review and Q&A
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Final review notes | |
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T 05/17
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Final exam
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2:00PM in Upson B17 |