MAE 5420 - Compressible Fluid Flow

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General Course Information:

Instructor Contact Information

• Stephen.Whitmore@usu.edu
• Phone: 435 797 2951
• Office: ENGR 419F

Teaching Assistant/Grader

• Marcus Ritter (marcus.a.ritter@gmail.com)

Course Content and Policies

• Course Syllabus
  
• Grading Policy
  
• Class Schedule / Textbooks
• FERPA Homework Consent Form

Student Resources

• Internet Resources for Compressible Flow
  
• USU Tau-Beta-PI Engineering Tools Seminar Series
  

Distance Learning and Lecture Archival

• Adobe Connect Login to Classroom
  • (MAE Room1)
  • (MAE Room2)
• Recorded Lectures, Fall Semester 2014

Downloadable Course Notes:

Each section Listed below will span approximately 1 week
Posted notes are identical to notes presented in class

• Section 1: Compressible Flow - History and Basic Definitions
  
  
• Section 2: Integral Forms of the Conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows
  
  
• Section 3: Introduction to One-Dimensional Flow
  
  
• Section 4: Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow in Convergent/Divergent Nozzles
  
  
• Section 5: Non-Isentropic 1-D Flow, Normal Shock Waves, Heat Addition
  
  
• Section 6: Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves
  
  
• Section 7: Supersonic Flow Over Flat Plates, Wedges, and Airfoils
  

• Section 8: Non-Ideal Supersonic Flow Conditions
  

• Section 9: Flow Through Systems of Multiple Shock Waves
  

• Section 10: An Introduction to Two-Dimensional Method of Characteristics
  
  
• Section 11: Conical Supersonic Flow Fields
  
  
• Section 12: Introduction to Hypersonic Vehicle Design
  

Exams

• Midterm Exam: (format, date, TBD)
• Final Exam: (format, date, TBD)