FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS ON AERODYNAMICS OF WINGS AND PROFILES INCLUDING TURBULENCE AND ANALYSIS OF RANDOM SIGNALS. THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE BASIC INSTRUMMENTS FOR AERODYNAMIC DESIGN WITH STANDARD APPROACHES.
teacher profile teaching materials
The theory of infinite (Glauert) and finite (Prandtl) wings, the lifting line and surface.
Boundary layer theory: Falkner-Skan solutions and integral methods.
Fundamentals of Signal theory, Fourier series and Fourier transform. Fundamentals of the theory of probability and statistics, correlation functions and Power Spectral Density.
Turbulence: general equations for incompressible flows, modelling, Kolmogorov theory, turbulent boundary layer.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): discretization of the governing equations using Finite Difference method and Finite Volumes; Application of industrial codes.
- Anderson, Jr. J.D. , Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, 2nd Editino, McGraw Hill, 1991.
- Mattioli E. Aerodinamica, Levrotto e Bella, Torino, 1989.
Programme
Potential flows in 2D and 3D, Green's theorem and Green's function, BEM methods.The theory of infinite (Glauert) and finite (Prandtl) wings, the lifting line and surface.
Boundary layer theory: Falkner-Skan solutions and integral methods.
Fundamentals of Signal theory, Fourier series and Fourier transform. Fundamentals of the theory of probability and statistics, correlation functions and Power Spectral Density.
Turbulence: general equations for incompressible flows, modelling, Kolmogorov theory, turbulent boundary layer.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): discretization of the governing equations using Finite Difference method and Finite Volumes; Application of industrial codes.
Core Documentation
- Notes distributed by the teacher- Anderson, Jr. J.D. , Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, 2nd Editino, McGraw Hill, 1991.
- Mattioli E. Aerodinamica, Levrotto e Bella, Torino, 1989.