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Ae 301: Aerodynamics I: Lecture 4: Cop, Π Groups, & Hw #1 Review 01/15/2014 Dr. Mark Ricklick, Assistant Professor

This lecture covered center of pressure, dimensional analysis, and a review of homework 1. It discussed how to calculate the center of pressure for a airfoil and introduced dimensional analysis and pi groups. Dimensional analysis uses non-dimensional parameters to reduce the number of dependent variables when testing designs. Matching pi groups allows experimenting on geometrically similar models more cost-effectively. The lecture provided an example of using dimensional analysis to determine the dependencies of speed of sound. It concluded with a video reviewing Reynolds numbers and scaling concepts from homework 1.

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Ae 301: Aerodynamics I: Lecture 4: Cop, Π Groups, & Hw #1 Review 01/15/2014 Dr. Mark Ricklick, Assistant Professor

This lecture covered center of pressure, dimensional analysis, and a review of homework 1. It discussed how to calculate the center of pressure for a airfoil and introduced dimensional analysis and pi groups. Dimensional analysis uses non-dimensional parameters to reduce the number of dependent variables when testing designs. Matching pi groups allows experimenting on geometrically similar models more cost-effectively. The lecture provided an example of using dimensional analysis to determine the dependencies of speed of sound. It concluded with a video reviewing Reynolds numbers and scaling concepts from homework 1.

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AE 301: Aerodynamics I

Lecture 4: CoP, groups, & HW #1


review
01/15/2014
Dr. Mark Ricklick, Assistant Professor

AE News

104 Page paper (in German)

N.S. Eqn has been in existance for


150+ years

http://bnews.kz/en/news/post/180213/

Solution being verified &


translated into English

No one has proven that a


general solution always exists in
3D & that the energy is
bounded at all points.
No general solution to the N.S.
eqn
CFD/numerical approaches
currently SoA

3D Incompressible N.S. existence &


smoothness problem 1 of 7 Clay
Mathematics Institute Millennium
Prize problems ($1M)
If correct will serve as a major
stepping stone toward a
generalized solution of the N.S.
eqn.
Link to paper:
http://www.math.kz/images/journal/20134/Otelbaev_N-S_21_12_2013.pdf

Center of Pressure
So far weve assumed we were placing the
forces at the LE, hence we had a MLE
Where can we place the forces such that the
moment is zero?

With small angles of attack N L


Center of Pressure
To account for variations in L and N, the
quarter chord length is often used instead:

= + =
4

Dimensional Analysis & Flow Similarity


Dimensional analysis & Similarity principles go
hand-in-hand
This hopefully became apparent when working
through HW1

Imagine we were forced to test every design


variation at full scale:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=play
er_embedded&v=5x9Z89YeY7M

Dimensional Analysis
Non-dimensionalization is a powerful
engineering tool
Reduces the number of dependent variables (and
hence costly experiments)
-groups= # of variables - # of fundamental dimensions

Gives physical sense of flow regime (Reynolds


number, for example)

Dimensional Analysis
In Mechanics, fundamental dimensions are M,L,t
Can also use F,L,t
Other cases Temperature (T) may be necessary

Dimensional Analysis & Flow Similarity


Dimensional analysis, coupled with Similarity
principles is a very important design tool
Using D.A. to decide what non-dimensional
parameters influence the output
Matching pi groups on a geometrically similar model,
we can more cost-effectively experiment and design

Lets look at an example


Speed of sound in a fluid could be argued to be
dependent on fluid density (rho), pressure (P), and the
volume of the fluid (V): a=fn(rho,P,V)

Dimensional Analysis Example

HW #1 Review

Reynolds Numbers & Scales


video

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