Università Roma Tre

Introductory concepts, deformation and motion of a particle, Cauchy theorem, Eurlerian and Lagrangian description, the Reynolds transport theorem, the material derivative. Forces and moments on airfoils. Buckingham theorem. General governing equations in integral and differential form. Constitutive relationships for Newtonian fluids. Navier-Stokes equations, Bernouilli equation. Vorticity dynamics. Potential flows and singular solutions (the case of the cylinder). Glauert theory for 2D airfoil. Finite wing theory. Low Reynolds number flows in ducts and Moody's diagram. Boundary layer concepts and theoretical approach for a 2D steady case. The separation of the boundary layer.

Notes provided by the teacher.
Graziani G., Aerodinamica, Univ. La Sapienza ed., 2010.
Anderson, Jr. J.D. , Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, 2nd Editino, McGraw Hill, 1991.

General concepts: airfoils and wings.
Potential flows in 2D and 3D, Green's theorem and Green's function, BEM methods.
The theory of infinite (Glauert) and finite (Prandtl) wings, the lifting line and surface.
Boundary layer theory: Falkner-Skan solutions and integral methods.
Fundamentals of Signal theory, Fourier series and Fourier transform. Fundamentals of the theory of probability and statistics, correlation functions and Power Spectral Density.
Turbulence: general equations for incompressible flows, modelling, Kolmogorov theory, turbulent boundary layer.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): discretization of the governing equations using Finite Difference method and Finite Volumes; Application of industrial codes.

- Notes distributed by the teacher
Further references are the following:
- Anderson, Jr. J.D. , Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, 2nd Editino, McGraw Hill, 1991.
- Mattioli E. Aerodinamica, Levrotto e Bella, Torino, 1989.