FALL 2021

MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ME 411 GAS DYNAMICS

QUESTIONNAIRE

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NAME :
STUDENT NO :
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Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA):

ME 305 Fluid Mechanics I Grade:

ME 306 Fluid Mechanics II Grade:

Have you taken ME 411 previously? If yes, what was your grade?

COURSE SCHEDULE: Please, indicate the course codes and groups

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

08:40-09:30
09:40-10:30
10:40-11:30
11:40-12:30
12:40-13:30
13:40-14:30
14:40-15:30
15:40-16:40
16:40-17:30

THIS QUESTIONNAIRE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE COURSE ASSISTANT

UNTIL THE END OF ADD/DROP PERIOD.

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 FALL 2021

ME 411
GAS DYNAMICS
(3-0)

INSTRUCTOR
Dr. M. Halûk AKSEL Office: G-208 Ext: 5298 E-mail: aksel@metu.edu.tr

ASSISTANT
Mr. Murat ÇAKIR Office: G-114 Ext: 5249 E-mail: murcakir@metu.edu.tr

COURSE SCHEDULE
Thursday 10:40-13:30 E-200

COURSE OUTLINE
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics
Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
Chapter 3 Introduction to Compressible Flow
Chapter 4 Isentropic Flow
Chapter 5 Normal Shock Waves
Chapter 6 Frictional Flow in Constant Area Ducts
Chapter 7 Flow in Constant Area Ducts with Heat Transfer
Chapter 8 Steady and Two-dimensional Supersonic Flows

COURSE GRADING
Midterm 1 20.0 percent
Midterm 2 20.0 percent
Quizzes 20.0 percent
Experiments 10.0 percent
Attendance 5.0 percent
Final 25.0 percent

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COURSE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
Midterm 1 December 09, 2021 Thursday 11:40-13:30*
Midterm 2 January 13, 2022 Thursday 11:40-11:30*
.* subject to the approval of the department

EXAMINATIONS
All the examinations given in this course are closed book and closed notes. These exams
will basically consist of problems and may contain short conceptual questions.

MAKE-UP EXAMINATIONS
Make-up exams may be given to those who have valid excuses that are approved by the
department. If you are eligible to take any of the make-up exams you must see the course
instructor within one week after the regular exam date. Do not get surprised to find
cooperatively harder questions in the make-up exams.

HOMEWORK
Homework is extremely important in this course and your serious efforts on them are
expected. They will provide some possible instructive means to understand the topics and
their applications in full depth while keeping you ready for the exam. Try to work on them
by yourself. If you need any leading hint, keep in mind that there is the course instructor
willing to help you. Homework sets will be distributed on the dates specified on the detailed
course outline but will not be collected.

QUIZZES
Eight announced quizzes, about ten minutes each, will be given on the specified dates, as
shown in the course outline. No make-up will be given for the quizzes. However, there will
be one extra quiz and the grades for the best eight quizzes will be used to evaluate the final
quiz grade.

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EXPERIMENTS
There are two scheduled experiments about
(i) Flow Conditions in a Converging-Diverging Nozzle
(ii) Drag Measurement in Subsonic Wind Tunnel
and one laboratory demonstration about
(i) Shock Visualization in a Supersonic Wind Tunnel
in this course. Also, Ankara Wind Tunnel of TUBİTAK-SAGE will be visited. In order to
arrange the lab groups, you need to submit the related questionnaire until the end of the
second week (October 30, 2021, Friday). Everyone has to attend the lab sessions with their
own group.

ATTENDANCE
The attendance will be graded as follows:

Attendance Grade
90 - 100 5 percent
85 - 89 4 percent
80 - 84 3 percent
75 – 79 2 percent
70 – 74 1 percent
< 70 -----

TEXTBOOK
1. AKSEL, M. H. and ERALP, O. C, Gas Dynamics, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey, 1994.

REFERENCES
1. ANDERSON, J. D. Jr., Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective, 2nd ed.
McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 1990.
2. CAMBEL, A. B. and JENNINGS, B. H., Gas Dynamics, Dover Publications, Inc., New
York, 1958.
3. DANESHYAR, H., One-Dimensional Compressible Flow, Pergamon Press, Oxford,
1976.
4. FOX, R. W. and MCDONALD, A. T, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 6th ed., John
Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2005.
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5. JOHN, J. E. and KEITH, T. Gas Dynamics, 3rd ed., Pearson International Education, Inc.,
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2006.
6. LIEPMANN, H. W. and ROSHKO, A., Elements of Gas Dynamics, John Wiley and
Sons, Inc., New York, 1957.
7. OOSTHUIZEN, P. H. and CARSCALLEN, W. E., Compressible Fluid Flow, McGraw
Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 1997.
8. OWCZAREK, J. A., Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics, International Textbook Co.,
Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1964.
9. SHAPIRO, A. H., The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow,
Vol. 1, Ronald Press, New York, 1953.
10. ZUCROW, M. J. and HOFFMAN, J. D, Gas Dynamics, Vol. 1, John Wiley and Sons,
Inc., New York, 1976.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK LECTURE 1 TOPICS LECTURE 2 TOPICS LECTURE 3 TOPICS
1 21.10.2021 C3 21.10.2021 C3 21.10.2021 C3, H1
2 28.10.2021 C4 28.10.2021 C4 28.10.2021 C4, H2
3 04.11.2021 C4 04.11.2021 C4, Q1 04.11.2021 C4
4 11.11.2021 C4 11.11.2021 C4, Q2 11.11.2021 C5
5 18.11.2021 C5 18.11.2021 C5, Q3 18.11.2021 C5, H3
6 25.11.2021 C5 25.11.2021 C5, Q4 25.11.2021 C5
7 02.12.2021 C5 02.12.2021 C5, Q5 02.12.2021 C5
8 09.12.2021 C6 09.12.2021 M1 09.12.2021 M1
9 16.12.2021 C6 16.12.2021 C6, Q6 16.12.2021 C6, H4
10 23.12.2021 C6 23.12.2021 C6, Q7 23.12.2021 C6
11 30.12.2021 C7 30.12.2021 C7, Q8 30.12.2021 C8, H5
12 06.01.2022 C8 06.01.2022 C8, QE 06.01.2022 C8, H6
13 13.01.2022 C8 13.01.2022 M2 13.01.2022 M2
14 20.01.2022 C8 20.01.2022 C8 20.01.2022 C8

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