AER206   Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer   (15 credits)

Description

The module is designed to consolidate and extend the students' understanding of basic fluid flow properties, fluid flows and applying analysis techniques to solve engineering fluids problems. Additionally, the module will teach the students the fundamentals and basic applications of heat transfer. The fluid mechanics knowledge developed will be used to aid understanding of the convection aspects of heat transfer. The module will cover the use of both integral control volume and differential analysis techniques. These will be applied to a range of simple engineering fluid systems including internal and external flow.  The boundary layer will be covered and related to the concept of drag.  The concepts of compressible nozzle flow, choking and shock waves will be covered. Sub-sonic and sonic compressible flow will be introduced. Students will also be introduced to the computational fluid dynamics. Conduction, convection and radiation will be covered. The three processes are often combined in the problems studied in order to explain heat transfer in a real-life engineering system with particular application to Aerospace Engineering problems.  Forced convection will be studied in internal flows and in external flows, linking to the fluid mechanics part of the module. Natural convection will also be introduced. Heat exchangers will be studied. Thermal radiation will focus on the physics and radiation exchange between surfaces. Laboratory experiments will reinforce knowledge throughout the module.

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