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The AE 211 course on Incompressible Aerodynamics at IIT Kanpur, taught by Sanjay Mittal, focuses on fluid mechanics concepts to analyze low-speed flow around airfoils and wings. The course includes lectures, assignments, and a group project, with grades based on midterm, assignments, and final exam performance. Recommended texts cover various aspects of theoretical and computational aerodynamics.

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ae211

The AE 211 course on Incompressible Aerodynamics at IIT Kanpur, taught by Sanjay Mittal, focuses on fluid mechanics concepts to analyze low-speed flow around airfoils and wings. The course includes lectures, assignments, and a group project, with grades based on midterm, assignments, and final exam performance. Recommended texts cover various aspects of theoretical and computational aerodynamics.

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AE 211: INCOMPRESSIBLE AERODYNAMICS

Instructor: Sanjay Mittal


Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur 208 016, India
Ph: +91 512 6797906; Fax: +91 512 6797561; Email: [email protected]

Course Objective
The course aims to apply the relevant concepts of fluid mechanics to understand and model
the low-speed flow past airfoils and wings
Venue, Schedule
L6-Lecture Hall Complex (LHC): Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:00-09:50
Background Material
Video Lectures on Fluid Mechanics are available on YouTube. The list of lectures is at:
https://home.iitk.ac.in/∼smittal/html files/smittal eso204A.html
Alternatively, you can also see the playlist at:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLseC-R59hYukT6h6fFi6wctLPSow zUIz
Meeting the Instructor
I will hold Office Hours on Monday & Wednesday 10:00-11:00 for this semester. In addition,
you may either call or send an email to [email protected] to fix an alternate appointment. You
may also meet me at the end of any lecture and set up an appointment.

Course Contents

1. Slide show: Interesting phenomena in fluid mechanics.


2. Introduction: The continuum assumption, Thermodynamics, Vector calculus and index
notation, Kinematics of local fluid motion.
3. Basic Laws: Continuity and momentum equations, Mechanical and Thermal Energy equa-
tions. Dynamic Similarity.
4. Some solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations.
5. Vorticity Dynamics, Circulation, Kelvin’s circulation theorem, Helmholtz theorem.
6. Potential flows: complex potential, source, sink, vortex, super-position principle, Blasius
theorem, flow past a stationary and spinning cylinder, flow over an airfoil, Conformal
mapping, Joukowski airfoil, Kutta condition.
7. Thin airfoil theory using singularity approach, Panel methods.
8. Finite wing theory, vortex system, Low aspect ratio wings.
9. Boundary Layer Theory: Displacement and Momentum thickness, Blasius flow over a flat
plate, Karman Momentum Integral, Approximate Methods.
10. Introduction to Turbulence, Structure of a turbulent boundary layer, Transition to tur-
bulence.

11. Introduction to Numerical methods: Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Recommended Text/References
1. An Introduction to Theoretical and Computational Aerodynamics by Jack
Moran, Dover.
2. Incompressible Flow by Ronald L. Panton, Wiley.
3. Physical Fluid Dynamics by D.J. Tritton, Oxford Science Publication.
4. Viscous Fluid Flow by Frank M. White, Mc Graw Hill.
5. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by G.K. Batchelor, Cambridge University Press.
6. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics by John D. Anderson, Mc Graw Hill.
7. Boundary Layer Theory by Schlichting, Mc Graw Hill.
8. Aerodynamics for Engineering Students by E.L. Houghton, P.W. Carpenter,
9. Aerodynamics for Engineers by John J. Bertin.
10. Low Speed Aerodynamics: From wing theory to Panel methods by J. Katz
and A. Plotkin, Mc Graw Hill.
11. An Engineering Approach to the Calculation of Aerodynamics Flows by
Tuncer Cebeci, Springer.

Grades/Policies

1. Please attend all the lectures. You are responsible for all the announcements and materials
given out in the class.

2. Submit all your homeworks in time. All the assignments have to be submitted to pass
the course. However, no credit will be given to submissions after the due date.

3. You are encouraged to discuss concepts amongst yourself. However, please attempt your
assignments on your own.

4. In addition to homeworks there will be a exploratory project. The class will be divided
into groups of five-six students each and each group will decide on a project and make
a presentation on a topic that they will choose. The project title must be finalized by
the mid-term examination. Please submit a project title, a list of references and a short
abstract. There will be questions from all project presentations in the final examination.

5. The grade will be decided by performance in the midterm examination (30%), assign-
ments/quizzes/project (30%) and the final examination (40%). There will be no make
up for the mid-term exam.

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