"I wished I had Paul as a teacher when I attended Art Center."
- Ken Okuyama, designer
of the Ferarri Enzo
and past Transportation Chair of the Art
Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Vehicle Aerodynamics Seminar Agenda
- History of Aerodynamics
- Atmosphere:
- Boyle's Law
- Equation of State
- Density
- Temperature
- Perfect gas
- Viscid and inviscid fluid
- Lift (Downforce - DF):
- Three definitions: Newton, Bernoulli, Circulation
- Equation
- Wings
- Endplates
- Camber
- Chord
- Aspect ratio
- Ground effect
- Airfoils
- Stagnation point
- Span
- Sweep effects
- Flaps: types and effect
- Coanda effect
- Vortex lift
- Gaps
- Slats
- Continuity equation
- Aerodynamic center
- Pitching moment
- Center of pressure
- Pressure coefficient
- Downwash
- Winglets
- Kutta condition
- Drag
- Equation
- Drag and Lift as a f(Re)
- Parasite and Induced
- Interference
- Cooling
- Form, flat plate
- CL v CD curves
- Laminar flow
- Turbulent flow
- Separation
- Oswald's efficiency factor
- Drag area
- Excess power
- Bluff bodies
- Boundary layer
- Miscellaneous:
- Power map
- Aero maps
- Sidewinds
- Sideslip
- Wheels
- Flow Entrainment
- Wind Tunnels:
- Open and closed jet
- Test section
- Model balance
- Ground plane
- Coordinate systems
- Reynolds number, Re
- Flow Visualization:
- Smoke, oil, yarn tufts
- Pressure and temperature sensitive paints
- Laservelocimeter
- Virtual 3-D
- Water tunnel
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD):
- Navier-Stokes equation
- Benefits, attributes, vices and performance
- Plots and pictures of output
- Things that work and don't work:
- NACA ducts, Gurney flaps, wing position, splitters, intakes, radiator design
- All surface treatments
- Vortex generators, filleting
- Ground effects, aerotubing
- Coast Down
Updated on Oct. 26, 2008
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