AAE 51500 - Rotorcraft Aerodynamics

Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) concepts and configurations. Rotor kinematics. Momentum and blade element theory. Rotor wakes and noise. Airfoil design for rotorcraft. Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques, rotorcraft performance, and design. Typically offered Fall.