AE3450: Course Overview
Catalog Description
First and second laws of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic properties and
state equations. Isentropic flow. Flows with shocks and expansions.
Flows
with friction and heat transfer.
Course Goals
A student taking this course is intended to:
- Learn about basic thermodynamic properties (e.g., temperature,
pressure,
density, internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy), their definitions,
and
how to use state equation relationships to calculate one property based
on other properties..
- Understand the basic theorems of Thermodynamics in the form of
the
First
and Second Laws, and their application to both closed and open systems.
- Gain familiarity with the properties of compressible flow,
especially
in
contrast to the properties of incompressible flows.
- Be able to analyze quasi-one-dimensional compressible flows,
including:
- converging-diverging nozzles,
- supersonic flows over simple bodies/airfoils,
- shock tube flows, and
- channels with friction or heat transfer.
Prerequisites:
Physics 2212 and Math 2401. Specific areas/concepts that students
should have some
familiarity with are:
- Newton Second Law (F=d(mu)/dt) and momentum
- Conservation of energy
- Some computer modeling capability (Matlab, spreadsheets, etc.)
While not a requirement, exposure to control volume analysis and
incompressible fluid dynamics (e.g., as covered in AE 2020) will be
helpful.
Text
Thermodynamics and Compressible Flow, Custom
Edition, Pearson-Prentice Hall.
(taken from Thermodynamics,
3rd edition, William Z.
Black,
and James G. Hartley, Prentice-Hall, 1996, and
Gas Dynamics, 2nd edition, James E. A. John,
Prentice-Hall, 1984)