AE 312
Compressible Flow

Credit: 3 hours.


(A A E 210) Compressible flow aerodynamics; conservation of mass, momentum and energy; one-dimensional and quasi-one- dimensional flow; oblique shock waves and Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves; unsteady wave motion. Application to nozzles, diffusers, supersonic airfoils and shock tubes. Prerequisite: AE 311, CS 101, MATH 385, ME 300; credit or concurrent registration in AE 201.