24-332 Potential Flow Aerodynamics Units: 9.0 Department: Mechanical Engineering Prerequisites: 21-259 and 21-260 and 24-231 Related URLs: http://www.me.cmu.edu Development of the fundamental equations of incompressible frictionless flow. Concepts of circulation, vorticity, irrotationality, stream function, and velocity potential. Two-dimensional low speed airfoil theory; lift and moment calculations for the infinite span wing; empirical airfoil data for real airfoils; thin airfoil theory. Three-dimensional effects; flow distribution; Prandtl's wing theory; induced drag; the elliptic lift distribution; the general lift distribution. 3 hrs. rec.

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