Mike Shahindoust 2/9/2012 Engr.

699 Aerodynamics and Flight, Progress Report #1 This week the fundamentals required for aerodynamics were reviewed, this report will quickly go over everything that was studied and the attached notes will show all equations and sketches. I utilized Andersons Introduction to Flight as a text and open courseware from MIT and Deft University. First velocities and aerodynamic forces on airfoils were covered. the velocities following a streamline as well as the stagnation point on a wing, where v=0, was covered. The forces on an airfoil were identified including the tangential force, the pressure distribution, and the shear stress/friction force due to the fluid around the airfoil. Next altitude and calculating properties at different altitudes is covered. A sketch is created to show average temperature as a function of altitude. The difference between absolute altitude and geometric altitude are defined and equations to calculate both are derived. The equation for acceleration due to gravity at different altitudes is also derived. Then a differential cube of air is analyzed and the hydrostatic equation is derived through force balance. The first equation derived calculates the differential change in pressure due to change in geopotential altitude. Geopotential altitude takes into account the changing acceleration due to gravity at differing altitudes while geometric altitude does not. A relationship is derived between geopotential and geometric altitudes. The final topic for this week was calculating the pressure, density, and other important properties of air at varying altitudes. This is important because the properties of air are vastly different at cruising altitude of a jet plane compared to the surface of the earth, thus when doing analysis on flying objects it is important that the properties of the surrounding fluid are correct. Equations are derived to calculate the difference in pressure and density at different altitudes. Please see the attached notes on the next page for all equations and sketches.