MAE 4243 creditsPrereq: Pre-Requisite: MAE 335 .Mechanical Or Aerospace Engineering Majors Only.Students must satisfy the SEAS faculty advisement requirement.
MAE 424: Aerodynamics
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- Explores flow over airfoils and wings; ideal flow theory; singularity solutions; superposition; source; and vortex panel methods; method of source panels; 2-D airfoil theory; pressure distributions and lift; effects of compressibility; Prandtl’s lifting-line theory; boundary-layer theory; and friction drag. Includes an aerodynamics laboratory experience, considering airfoil characteristics, and boundary-layer measurements.
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- Matthew MacLean
- Matthew Ringuette
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