ME503 ADVANCED GAS DYNAMICS

Course Code:5690503
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÖZGÜR UĞRAŞ BARAN
Offered Semester:Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the student will understand the physical mechanism of compressible fluid flow.

At the end of this course, the student will understand the principles of one-dimensional compressible flows with area change and its practical applications.

At the end of this course, the student will understand the principles of one-dimensional compressible flows involving normal shock waves and its practical applications.

At the end of this course, the student will understand the theory of method of characteristics.

At the end of this course, the student will understand the principles of one-dimensional unsteady flows and its practical applications.

At the end of this course, the student will understand the graphical methods for the solution of one-dimensional unsteady flows.

At the end of this course, the student will understand the principles of two-dimensional supersonic flows and its practical applications.


Course Content

Review of one-dimensional gas dynamics. Wave propagation. Multi-dimensional equations of gas dynamics. Flow with small perturbations. Method of characteristics. Solution of supersonic two-dimensional and unsteady one-dimensional flows with applications. (S)


Course Learning Outcomes

Ability to distinguish incompressible and compressible flows.

Ability to understand the wave propagation phenomenon in subsonic, sonic and supersonic flows.

Ability to solve one dimensional compressible flow problems involving area change.

Ability to solve one dimensional compressible flow problems involving stationary, moving and reflected shock waves.

Ability to analyze converging and de Laval nozzles.

Ability to analyze one-dimensional unsteady flows using method of characteristics.

Ability to solve one-dimensional unsteady flows by using graphical methods.

Ability to solve two dimensional compressible flow problems involving oblique shock waves, Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves.

Ability to analyze overexpansion and underexpansion flow regimes in de Laval nozzles and airfoils.