Course number Course Title Term

AERO 464 Aerodynamics FALL 2022

Course Instructor Office E-Mail Office Hours

Dr. Maryam Dallali ONLINE [email protected] Thursday 12:00-13:00

CLASS, LAB AND TUTORIAL SCHEDULE

Section Day Time Location Instructor E-mail
Lecture M 8:45-11:15 H 562 Dr. Maryam Dallali [email protected]
Office
Th 12:00-13:00 ZOOM Dr. Maryam Dallali [email protected]
hours
Tutorial F 10:15-11:05 MB S2.465 Sina Rangriz [email protected]
Tutorial F 11:45-12:35 MB 3.255 Sina Rangriz [email protected]

COURSE CALENDAR DESCRIPTION

Flow conservation equations, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, inviscid irrotational and
rotational flows: the Euler equations, the potential and stream function equations. Dynamics of an
incompressible inviscid flow field: the Kelvin, Stokes, and Helmholtz theorems. Elementary flows
and their superposition, panel method for non-lifting bodies. Airfoil and wing characteristics,
aerodynamic forces and moments coefficients. Incompressible flows around thin airfoils, Biot-Savart
law, vortex sheets. Incompressible flow around thick airfoils, the panel method for lifting bodies.
Incompressible flow around wings, Prandtl’s lifting line theory, induced angle and down-wash,
unswept wings, swept wings. Compressible subsonic flow: linearized theory, Prandlt-Glauert
equation and other compressibility correction rules, the area rule. Transonic flow: Von Karman’s
transonic small disturbance equation, transonic full potential equation, super-critical airfoils.

IMPORTANT ACADEMIC CALENDAR DATES

Monday, Sep. 12 AERO 464 lectures begin
Deadline for withdrawal with tuition refund from fall-term (2/DNE) and
Monday, Sep. 19
two-term (3/DNE) courses
Monday, Oct. 3 No classes are held (Provincial Election Day)
Monday, Oct. 10 No classes are held (Thanksgiving Day)
Wednesday, Oct. 12 Make-up class for Oct. 3
Thursday, Dec. 8 Make-up class for Oct. 10 (last day of AERO 464 lectures)
Thursday, Dec. 8 Deadline for academic withdrawal from fall-term courses (/2 DISC)
PREREQUISITE
Strong foundation in mathematics, particularly calculus, and vector Algebra, as well as good
programming skills

TEXTBOOK AND ADDITIONAL COURSE MATERIALS

• Required textbook(s):
1. Anderson, John D., Jr., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. Sixth edition, New York, NY: McGraw-
Hill Education, 2017.
A hard or a soft copy of the textbook can be purchased/rented from:
1. Concordia's bookstore: https://www.bkstr.com/concordiastore/home
2. McGraw-Hill's website:
https://www.mheducation.com/highered/product/fundamentals-aerodynamics-
anderson/M9781259129919.html
• Suggested Textbook:
1. Katz, Joseph, Plotkin, Allen, Low-Speed Aerodynamics. Second Edition, New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2001.
• Instructor’s lecture notes: will be posted on Moodle course management site
• Software Use: MATLAB, Microsoft Office

GRADING POLICY
Evaluation Tool Weight
Final * 45
Mid-Term 30
Homework (4) 25
Total 100
Passing Criteria:
• If your total score before the final exam is less than 30% and you decide to defer the final
exam, you will receive an R grade which prevents you to defer the final exam.
• In order to pass the class, both your cumulative score and the final examination must be above
50%

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES: SKILLS TO LEARN AND/OR UTILIZE

Graduate Attribute Indicators
Problem analysis Problem identification and formulation
Modelling

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 Problem solving
Investigation Analysis and interpretation of data
Use of engineering Ability to use appropriate engineering tools, techniques and resources
tools Demonstrate awareness of limitations of tools, create and extend tools as
necessary
Design Idea generation and selection
Validation and implementation

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOS)

By the end of this course students will be able to:

Course Learning Outcome Relationship to Graduate Attributes

A. Apply mathematical and numerical approaches Problem identification and formulation

Modelling
for aerodynamic modelling of airfoils and finite
Ability to use appropriate engineering
aspect ratio wings tools, techniques and resources

Problem identification and formulation

Modelling
B. Aerodynamic modelling of a variety of Problem solving
streamlined and bluff bodies Analysis and interpretation of data
Ability to use appropriate engineering
tools, techniques and resources

Ability to use appropriate engineering

C. Create software tools for performing tools, techniques and resources
Demonstrate awareness of limitations of
aerodynamic analysis of airfoils
tools, create and extend tools as
necessary
D. Recognize the abilities and limitations of Demonstrate awareness of limitations of
tools, create and extend tools as
aerodynamic tools
necessary
E. Analyze results from aerodynamic modelling to Analysis and interpretation of data
Ability to use appropriate engineering
predict performance
tools, techniques and resources
F. Aerodynamic design of airfoils and wings Idea generation and selection
Validation and implementation

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TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Topics Week

Introduction to aerodynamics: sources of aerodynamic forces and moments, 1

dimensional analysis, flow similarity concept, types of flow
(Sept 12–Sept 18)

Vector Algebra (gradient, divergence, curl); the concept of control volume; 2

continuity and momentum equations (with some examples); pathlines,
streamlines and streaklines; vorticity and circulation (Sept 19-Sept 25)

Stream function and velocity potential (with some examples); Bernoulli’s 3

equation; incompressible flow in a duct (the Venturi problem, wind tunnels);
Pitot tubes; pressure coefficient; (HW#1 is given on Sep. 26) (Sept 26-Oct 2)

No classes are held on Oct. 3 (Oct 3-Oct9)

(HW#1 is due on Oct. 8)
No classes are held on Oct. 10 4
Make-up class on Oct. 12
Potential flow (Laplace’s equation); boundary conditions; elementary flows: (Oct 10-Oct 16)
uniform flow, source/sink flow; flow over a semi-infinite body; flow over a
Rankine oval
Doublet flow; non-lifting flow over a circular cylinder; source panel method 5
(HW#2 is given on Oct. 17)
(Oct 17- Oct 23)

Vortex flow; lifting flow over a rotating cylinder (Magnus effect); the Kutta- 6
Joukowski theorem
(HW#2 is due on Oct. 27) (Oct 24- Oct 30)

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Mid-term Exam on Oct. 31
(Oct 31-Nov 6)

The vortex sheet concept; the Kutta condition; Kelvin’s circulation theorem; 8
Classical thin airfoil theory for symmetric airfoils
(Nov 7- Nov 13)

Classical thin airfoil theory for cambered airfoils (with some examples) 9
(HW#3 is given on Nov. 14)
(Nov 14- Nov 20)

The aerodynamic centre; estimating skin-friction drag for laminar and 10

turbulent flows; flow separation; downwash and induced drag
(HW#3 is due on Nov. 24)

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 (Nov 21- Nov 27)

The vortex filament concept; the Bio-Savart law and Helmholtz’s theorems; 11
Prandtl’s classical lifting-line theory assuming elliptical lift distribution
(HW#4 is given on Nov. 28) (Nov 28-Dec 4)

Prandtl’s lifting-line theory for general lift distribution; effect of aspect ratio; 12
solving some examples
(HW#4 is due on Dec. 8) (Dec 5- Dec 7)

Source panel method and its implementation in MATLAB; the vortex panel 13
method and its implementation in MATLAB
(Dec 8)

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ACADEMIC HONESTY AND CODE OF CONDUCT
Violation of the Academic Code of Conduct in any form will be severely dealt with. This includes
copying (even with modifications) of program segments. You must demonstrate independent
thought through your submitted work. The Academic Code of Conduct of Concordia University is
available at:
http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity/offences.html

It is expected that during class discussions and in your written assignments you will communicate
constructively and respectfully. Sexist, racist, homophobic, ageist, and ablest expressions will not be
tolerated.

ADDENDUM
ACADEMIC CONDUCT ISSUES THAT APPLY IN GENERAL
The basic ten rules that make you a good engineer

The B. Eng. program is set to satisfy most of the requirements for your education and prepares you for a
professional engineering career that requires dedication and knowledge. What you learn, and how you
learn, will be used extensively in your engineering profession for the next 30 to 40 years. Therefore, the
four years spent in the engineering program are crucial towards your professional formation. The first
step is for you to learn to “think like an engineer” which means:

• accept responsibility for your own learning

• follow up on lecture material and homework
• learn problem-solving skills, not just how to solve each specific homework problem
• build a body of knowledge integrated throughout your program
• behave responsibly, ethically and professionally

One of the mainstays of being a professional engineer is a professional code of conduct and as an
engineering student this starts with the Academic Code of Conduct (Article 16.3.14 of the undergraduate
calendar). However, you may encounter situations that fall outside the norm and in such cases, you use
your common sense.

Further, the following issues should be given serious consideration:

1) Attendance at lectures and tutorials are major learning opportunities and should not be missed. The
labs represent a unique opportunity for you to acquire practical knowledge that you will need in your
career. Class and tutorial attendance is important for you to comprehend the discipline and make the
connections between engineering skills. You are strongly encouraged to participate in the class, ask
questions and answer the instructor’s questions. Tutorials are just extensions of the classes in which
application of the concepts presented during the lectures are presented and problems are practically
solved.

2) The decision to write tests that are not mandatory is entirely yours. For example, midterm tests are
often stated in many courses as optional. However, one of the objectives of midterms is to check on

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 your comprehension of the material and allow time for whatever action is necessary (from more study
time to discontinuing a course). Plan to attend the class tests even if they are not mandatory. If you pay
attention in the lectures, it will take you significantly shorter time to comprehend the material. Note
also that if you are in the unfortunate position of being unable to write a final exam due to medical
reasons and seek a deferral, this may not be possible if the instructor has no information indicating that
you have been attending the course and assimilating the material (i.e. through midterms, quizzes,
assignments etc.).

3) Homework is usually mandatory and it has some weight in the final grade (such information is given
in the course outline). Homework may also be conceived as training material for the class tests. Under
all circumstances, it is highly recommended to carry out the homework on time and submit it on the
prescribed date. Late submissions are not granted to individual cases regardless of the reason. This is
part of the training for being in the workforce where deadlines have to be met. Please, plan your work
such that you submit all the assignments and lab reports on time and in the correct place (not in the
corridor or on the street!).

4) Office hours with tutors, lab instructors or class instructors are listed in the course
outline/website/office doors. Please respect these office hours and in case you have a serious conflict,
contact the instructor asking for a special time arrangement.

5) Class tests (midterms, quizzes) are returned to the student. The final exams are not. If you wish to
see your exam paper, be aware that most instructors allow only a narrow window of time for that
purpose. For the fall term, exams may usually be reviewed in January and May for the spring term.

6) When you see your marked work (assignments, midterms, final exam etc.), be aware that you are
supposed to review your material and see the type of errors you made and if marks have been added
incorrectly. This is not an opportunity to try and “negotiate” a higher grade with the instructor. If you
believe that your grade is not right, you may apply for a formal Course Reevaluation through the Birks
Student Centre.

7) Writing tests and exams represents a major component of your course work. These tests and exams
have rigorous requirements such as:
• No cell phone or other communication enabling tool is allowed on the student during the examination
period.
• Only specified faculty calculators are allowed during tests and exams unless otherwise indicated by the
instructor.
• Usually, no materials are allowed in the exam unless otherwise announced.
Get used to signing in and out of your exam. Make sure that you leave your exam papers with the
invigilator. There are rules concerning general exam issues in the UG Calendar. These requirements are
there to eliminate any possible misunderstanding and you are asked to respect the rules. Disciplinary
measures are taken when the rules are not followed.

8) Respect your colleagues and those that you meet during the class: tutors, instructors, lab
instructors, technical personnel, assistants, etc. Use appropriate communication means and language.
Be considerate for all human beings. This includes small things such as turning off cell-phones before a
class begins. Concordia University is a very diverse group of people and a very large multicultural
community.

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9) Communication is part of your future profession. Learn how to communicate effectively and
efficiently in the shortest time possible. Write short but meaningful e-mails, make effective phone calls,
etc. If your instructor accepts emails make sure that your request is clear with the course number and
your name in the Subject line. Do not ask for special treatment as instructors have to treat all students
equitably.

10) Respect all the above and you will get closer to your future profession.