For example, an aerodynamic model might be incompressible thin airfoil theory or, an aerodynamic model might be incompressible thin airfoil theory with a skin friction drag estimate or, an aerodynamic model might be a wind tunnel experiment at low speed with theoretical corrections for wall effects and higher speed flight conditions. An aerodynamic model could be based on experiments, computation or theory but often lies in the middle ground using a judicious combination of all three approaches.
Perform a computational and experimental aerodynamic analysis and design together with members of a team.Īn aerodynamic model is simply a method to estimate the aerodynamic performance (e.g. 
Assess the applicability of aerodynamic models to predict the forces on and performance of realistic three-dimensional configurations and estimate the errors resulting from their application. 
Formulate and apply appropriate aerodynamic models to predict the forces on and performance of realistic three-dimensional configurations. Specifically, students graduating from 16.100 will be able to: The entire course is structured to (hopefully) help you achieve these objectives. 16.100 has a set of learning objectives which you should always keep in your thoughts as the semester progresses. In our case, the body will be an airplane, but much of the aerodynamics in this course is relevant to a wide variety of applications from sail boats to automobiles to birds. the study of the flow of air about a body. 
Labs: 1 session / week, 2 hours / session Learning Objectivesġ6.100 is a course about aerodynamics, i.e. Lectures: 3 sessions / week, 2 hours / session
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