MAE 3220

Aerodynamics

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Course Description

Pre-Requisite(s): MAE 2100 and MAE 3210

Boundary layers: similarity, Blasius and momentum integral methods. Ideal Flows: Kelvin's circulation theorem; complex potential; superposition; Kutta-Joukowski; thin airfoils; finite wings; lifting lines. Gas dynamics: sound waves; normal and oblique shocks; Prandtl-Meyer expansion; quasi 1D flows; converging-diverging nozzles; choked flows; diffusers; Rayleigh line and Fanno line flows.


  • Thomas Ward

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    5.00

     GPA

    3.06

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    Spring 2025

  • Hossein Haj-Hariri

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    4.00

     GPA

    2.69

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    Spring 2013

  • Donald Jordan

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    2.00

     GPA

    3.45

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    Spring 2015

  • Rita Schnipke

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    2.00

     GPA

    3.61

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    Spring 2018

  • Harsha Chelliah

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     GPA

    2.71

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    Last Taught

    Spring 2010

  • Robert Rockwell

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    Spring 2019

  • Faculty Staff

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    Spring 2013

  • Lin Ma

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     GPA

    3.30

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    Last Taught

    Spring 2023

  • Neng Xie

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    Last Taught

    Spring 2025