AAE 51700 - Unsteady Aerodynamics

Credit Hours: 3.00. Review of inviscid fluid dynamics. Linearized flow theory; indicial and harmonic responses; panel methods for unsteady airfoils and wings. Simple applications to dynamic simulation and aeroelastic stability. Nonlinear theory for transonic flow; introduction to time dependent finite difference methods. FORTRAN programming used extensively. Typically offered Fall.