Aerodynamics
As taught in: Fall 2005
Sketch of a blended-wing-body aircraft. (Image courtesy of NASA.)
Instructors:
Prof. David Darmofal
MIT Course Number:
16.100
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course extends fluid mechanic concepts from Unified Engineering to the aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in sub/supersonic regimes. 16.100 generally has four components: subsonic potential flows, including source/vortex panel methods; viscous flows, including laminar and turbulent boundary layers; aerodynamics of airfoils and wings, including thin airfoil theory, lifting line theory, and panel method/interacting boundary layer methods; and supersonic and hypersonic airfoil theory. Course material varies each year depending upon the focus of the design problem.


