Introduction to Hypersonic Aerodynamics (LR43)

Course coordinator(s): Bannink, ir. W.J.
Phone: (+31 15 278) 4500
faculty of Aerospace Engineering
[ Type: coarse | Code: lr43 | DUT credits: 3 | ECTS credits: 5 ]
Catalog Data:
Hypersonic Flow: Inviscid flow, compressions and expansions, surface inclination methods, similarity rules, hypersonic small perturbations, Euler equations. Viscous flow, boundary layers, viscous interactions, heat transfer, radiation effects. High temperature effects, inviscid and viscous equilibrium and non-equilibrium flow. Rarefied gasdynamics.
[ Course year: 3,4 | Semester: 2/2/2/0 | Hours p/week: 2 | Other(s): - | Examination: written | Exam. period(s): 3,5 ]
Prerequisites: lr53, lr54.
Follow up:
Detailed description of topics:
  1. Introduction: characteristics of hypersonic flow; applications.
  2. Inviscid flow: 2D shocks and expansions; Newtonian-, tangent- wedge/cone-, shock-expansion theories; similarity parameters; Euler equations; small perturbation theory; hypersonic equivalence principle, blast wave theory; thin shock layer theory; computational results.
  3. Viscous flow: boundary layer equations; laminar and turbulent boundary layers; viscous interactions; flat plate applications.
  4. Heat transfer: convective heating; results on flate plate, cone, blunt body; laminar and turbulent stagnation region heating.
  5. Radiation: effects on surface heating; radiation from the shock layer; nocturnal radiation.
  6. High temperature effects: chemical reactions; inviscid equilibrium and non-equilibrium flow through: normal and oblique shocks, nozzles; difference between equilibrium flow and frozen flow; chemical reacting viscous flow.
  7. Rarefied flow gas dynamics: rarefied flow regions; kinetic theory of gases; gas surface interaction, aerodynamic forces in hypersonic free molecular flow around simple geometries.
Course material:
Lecture notes lr43, 1994 (in dutch).
Reference(s) to literature:
  1. John D. Anderson, Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics, Mc.Graw-Hill Book Company, 1989, ISBN 0-07-001671-2
  2. John J. Bertin, Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, American Institute of Aeronautics, 1994, ISBN 1-56347-036-5
Remarks:
Goals:
This course is designed to provide the student with fundamental knowledge of hypersonic aerothermodynamics. The course is set up to deliver engineering tools for conceptual design problems together with a fysical understanding of various aspects of the broad gamma of hypersonic flow aspects.
Computer use:
none.
Laboratory project(s):
none.
Design content ( 30%)