Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 22 x 1 Hour Lectures |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Written Exam | 100% |
| Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Written Exam | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. determine complex potential functions of incompressible irrotational fluid flows;
2. calculate image systems of simple hydrodynamic structures;
3. use a conformal map to determine the flow around a body in a stream;
4. establish Blasius's equation and apply it to the flow past various shapes, including aerofoils.
Brief description
This module continues the development of fluid mechanics, begun in MA25610, and deals in particular with the theory of two-dimensional motion and aerofoil theory.
Aims
To continue with the development of fluid mechanics, in particular the theory of two-dimensional motion and aerofoil theory, and to relate it to many natural and everyday events, for example: why an aeroplane in flight is able to defy gravity.
Content
2. Conformal transformations; Joukowski transformation; Schwarz-Christoffel transformation.
3. Blasius's theorems for the force and moment on a body in a stream.
4. Applications to aerofoil theory.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6