2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
AVIA3000 Aircraft 2
20 creditsClass Size: 70
Module manager: Professor WF Gale
Email: w.f.gale@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
Pre-requisites
| AVIA1030 | Aviation Engineering Science |
| CAPE2000 | Mathematical Techniques 2 |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to:- Understand the fundamentals of engineering Analytical Fluid Dynamics (AFD) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and their application to the design of aerospace systems;
- Extend fluid mechanics concepts from unified engineering to the aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in subsonic regimes;
- Apply the aerodynamics concepts studied to modelling flow around aircraft wings using first principle modelling and software packages.
Learning outcomes
Students should:
- understand the aerodynamics of aircraft and space vehicles, lift, drag and the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in this field;
- have an appreciation of computational algorithms in aerofoil theory to predict aerofoil performance under subsonic flight conditions;
- have a basic knowledge of compressible gas dynamics and solutions to compressible flow;
- understand the fundamentals of CFD and the use of CFD software in aviation applications;
Skills outcomes
The ability to combine aerodynamics (including flow modelling and basic use of CFD software), with other engineering and broader skills to understand:
- the key requirements for an aircraft design to be successful
- the aircraft design and construction process
- key aircraft design choices and their implications at a conceptual level to practice aircraft design.
Syllabus
- Similitude and dimensional analysis and their application in wind tunnel testing.
- Fundamental principles and equations of aerodynamics: basic concepts and definitions
(vorticity, circulation, stream function and velocity potential)
- 2D Inviscid, incompressible flows:
-- Elementary flows
-- Flow over a circular cylinder
-- Thin Aerofoil theory (starting vortex, vortex sheet and vortex panel methods)
- 3D Inviscid, incompressible flows over finite wings
-- Induced drag
-- Biot-Savart law
-- Lifting line theory (elliptical and general lift distributions)
- Viscous flow
-- Conservation equations (continuity, momentum and energy)
-- Laminar, transitional and turbulent flows
-- Introduction to CFD
-- Laminar and turbulent boundary layers
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 44 | 1.00 | 44.00 |
| Practical | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Seminar | 3 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| Tutorial | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Tutorial | 11 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
| Private study hours | 133.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 67.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
Review of lecture notes each weekDirected reading of recommended texts and on-line resources to support lecture material
Case study assignments
Use of Excel and CFD software for aerodynamics problems
Revision for written examination
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
In class discussions, feedback on assignments, participation in tutorials.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Report | Aerodynamics Lab Report | 10.00 |
| Computer Exercise | Aerodynamics | 10.00 |
| Assignment | Aircraft Design & Construction | 10.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 30.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3 hr | 70.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 70.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 25/06/2018
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