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| class | day | date | topics covered | assigned | collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W | Jan. 5 | Introduction | - | - |
| 2 | F | Jan. 7 | basic definitions; basic fluid properties; heat; speed of sound | 1.1 - 1.5 | - |
| 3 | M | Jan. 10 | surface tension; vapor pressure, boiling point, cavitation; hydrostatic equation | 2.1 - 2.3 | - |
| 4 | W | Jan. 12 | hydrostatic equation (cont'd) | 2.4 - 2.5 | 1.1 - 1.5 |
| 5 | F | Jan. 14 | LAB: INTRODUCTION TO THE LOW SPEED WIND TUNNEL | - | - |
| 6 | M | Jan. 17 | HOLIDAY | - | - |
| 7 | W | Jan. 19 | Pressure measurement with manometers, pressure transducer, Pitot-static tube | - | 2.1 - 2.3 2.4 - 2.5 |
| 8 | F | Jan. 21 | Lagrangian and Eulerian approach; streamlines (conceptual definition); fluid acceleration; Euler's equation | 2.6 - 2.8 3.1 - 3.5 |
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| 9 | M | Jan. 24 | Flow rates; continuity equation (differential form); rotational and irrotational flow | - | 2.6 - 2.8 |
| 10 | W | Jan. 26 | Derivation of Bernoulli's equation; application of Bernoulli's equation | 3.6 - 3.9 | 3.1 - 3.5 |
| 11 | F | Jan. 28 | LAB: CALIBRATION OF PERCENT SPEED GAGE cancelled due to weather |
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| 12 | M | Jan. 31 | Anatomy of the aircraft; camber, chord, etc.; control surfaces; intro to dimensionless numbers | 4.1 - 4.7 | 3.6 - 3.9 |
| 13 | W | Feb. 2 | Introduction to the boundary layer | 5.1 - 5.5 | 4.1 - 4.7 |
| 14 | F | Feb. 4 | LAB: CALIBRATION OF PERCENT SPEED GAGE | - | - |
| 15 | M | Feb. 7 | Introduction to the boundary layer | - | - |
| 16 | W | Feb. 9 | Review | - | 5.1 - 5.5 |
| 17 | F | Feb. 11 | EXAM 1 | - | - |
| 18 | M | Feb. 14 | Reynolds Transport Theorem; Continuity Equation (Integral form) | - | - |
| 19 | W | Feb. 16 | Continuity Equation (Integral form) | 6.1-6.3 | - |
| 20 | F | Feb. 18 | LAB: CALCULATION OF WIND TUNNEL TURBULENCE FACTOR | - | 6.1-6.3 |
| 21 | M | Feb. 21 | Momentum Equation | 6.4-6.5 | - |
| 22 | W | Feb. 23 | Momentum Equation | 7.1-7.3 | 6.4-6.5 |
| 23 | F | Feb. 25 | - | - | - |
| 24 | M | Feb. 28 | Momemtum equation | 7.4 | 7.1-7.3 |
| 25 | W | Mar. 1 | - | - | 7.4 |
| 26 | F | Mar. 3 | 1.5 | - | - |
| 27 | M | Mar. 6 | 1.5-1.8 | - | - |
| 28 | W | Mar. 8 | 1.10, 1.11 (Practical aerodynamics) | 1.3, 1.5, 1.7 | - |
| 29 | F | Mar. 10 | LAB: CALCULATING LIFT AND DRAG OF AN AIRFOIL USING PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS | - | - |
| 30 | M | Mar. 13 | Chap.2: Mathematical preliminaries | - | 1.3, 1.5, 1.7 |
| 31 | W | Mar. 15 | Field trip to the airport to examine aircraft | - | - |
| 32 | F | Mar. 17 | Review | - | - |
| 33 | M | Mar. 20 | EXAM II | - | - |
| 34 | W | Mar. 22 | 2.14-2.16 (Stream function, velocity potential) | 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.9 | - |
| 35 | F | Mar. 24 | no class | - | - |
| 36 | M | Apr. 3 | Chap. 3: Sections 3.6 - 3.11 | 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 | - |
| 37 | W | Apr. 5 | Chap. 3: Sections 3.12 - 3.16 | 3.16, 3.18 | 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.9 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 |
| 38 | F | Apr. 7 | 3.17: The Method of Source Panels | - | 3.16, 3.18 |
| 39 | M | Apr. 10 | Vortex sheet; Kutta Condition; Thin Airfoil Theory and the Symmetrical Airfoil (4.1 - 4.7) | - | - |
| 40 | W | Apr. 12 | Thin Airfoil Theory: the Cambered Airfoil (4.8) | 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 | - |
| 41 | F | Apr. 14 | HONORS DAY: CLASS CANCELED | - | - |
| 42 | M | Apr. 17 | Vortex Panels (4.9) | - | 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 |
| 43 | W | Apr. 19 | EXAM III | - | - |
| 44 | F | Apr. 21 | Downwash, Induced Drag, Biot-Savart Law (Chap. 5) | - | - |
| 45 | M | Apr. 24 | Prandtl Lifting Line Theory (Chap. 5) | 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 | - |
| 46 | W | Apr. 26 | Prandtl Lifting Line Theory (Chap. 5) | - | 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 |
| 47 | F | Apr. 28 | REVIEW | - | - |
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