AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides the basic knowledge on the dynamics of compressible fluids and the applied know-how relevant for aeronautical and propulsion applications.

TEACHING METHODS

Theoretical and applied lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

- Quasi-one-dimensional flow in variable-area ducts; nozzles and diffusers.

- Normal and oblique shock waves, expansion waves. Shock waves-boundary layer interaction.

- Unsteady wave motion:  moving normal shock waves; method of characteristics for finite waves.

- Steady supersonic flow: theory and applications of the method of characteristics.

- Subsonic, transonic and supersonic flow on airfoils.

- Transonic and supersonic cascades for axial compressors and turbines.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

J. D. Anderson, Jr, Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ARISTIDE MASSARDO (President)

MARINA UBALDI (President)

MARIO LUIGI FERRARI

MATTEO PASCENTI

MASSIMO RIVAROLO

FRANCESCA SATTA

DANIELE SIMONI

ALBERTO TRAVERSO

LESSONS

Class schedule

GASDYNAMICS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examinations

Exam schedule