Welcome to the webpage for 

Undergraduate Aerodynamics and Propulsion Laboratory (AerE 344)

 2024 Spring Semester

Instructors:
Dr. Hui Hu
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Iowa State University, Room 2249, Howe Hall
Tel: 515-294-0094 / Email: huhui@iastate.edu

 

Teaching Assistant:
Mr. Harsha Sista 

Office: Room 2242- Howe Hall

Tel: 515-294-0089/ Email:hsista@iastate.edu

 

Mr. Kiran Digavalli

Office: Room 2242- Howe Hall

Tel: 515-294-0089/ Email: kdigav@iastate.edu

 

Mr. Yuan Zhao

Office: Room 2242- Howe Hall

Tel: 515-294-0089/ Email: yuanzhao@iastate.edu

 

Course Policy & Syllabus

PDF format

 

 

Lectures place and time:

  • Due to the forecast for dangerously cold temperatures, Iowa State University will partially close and classes (day and evening) will meet virtually on Tuesday, Jan. 16.  As a result, the 1st lecture of AerE344 will be online from 9:30am to 10:20am on Tuesday, 01/16/2024. The WebEx link for the online AerE344 lecture is https://iastate.webex.com/meet/huhui.

  • AerE344 Lectures will be given at 9:30 am ~ 10:20 am on Tuesdays at Room 0114 of ISU Student Innovation Center.

  • In-person class lectures will be given on Tuesdays only.

  • The lecture time on Thursday mornings is reserved for each group to meet to prepare/write lab reports.

 

Office Hours:

     Tuesdays           3:10pm ~ 4:00 pm

     Thursdays          3:10pm ~ 4:00 pm    

 

 

Grading Policies:

The final grade of AerE344  will be calculated as:

  • In-class quizzes :                                                         10%

  • Lab reports (including pre-lab work for 20%):      65%

  • Final exam:                                                                  25%

 

 

Final Exam of AerE344:

  • Policy on AerE344 Final Exam.

  • AerE344 final exam is scheduled from 9:45am ~ 11:45am on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024.

  • The place will be in the same classroom where we have AerE344 lectures (i.e., Room 0114, Student Innovation Center).

   Lectures Notes:

 

Lecture No.

Lecture  Notes

 

1

Course introduction and policy

  

2

Similitude and measurement uncertainty analysis

  

3

Wind tunnel and water tunnels 

 

4

Pressure measurement techniques and instrumentations

  

5

Velocimetry techniques and instrumentation

 

6

Hotwire anemometry: fundamentals and instrumentation

  

7

Laminar and turbulence flows

  

8

Technical Basis for Optical Instrumentation

  
9 Spring Break - No class  

10

Shadowgraph and Schlieren techniques and instrumentation

  

11

Shock waves and De Laval nozzle

  

12

Particle Image Velocimetry(PIV)

  

13

Bio-inspired aerodynamic Designs for MAV applications

 

14

 Aircraft icing physics & anti-/de-icing technology  

15

Wind turbine aeromechanics & wind farm aerodynamics

 

16

Review for the final exam

  

 

     Instructions of the lab participation:

 

Classroom for Labs:

  • Room 1380, Howe Hall

 

     Instructions of lab experiments:

 

                                      Copyright Statement:

   The handouts used in this course are copyrighted.  By "handouts",  it means all the materials generated for this class, which include but are not limited to lecture note, syllabus, exam problems, homework problems.  Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to give the handouts to others outside this class unless I grant you the permission.

    As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the idea, words, writings, etc., which belong to another.  In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person.  Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins since the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research work cannot be safely communicated.