COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5054 BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CAN ÖZGÜR ÇOLPAN

Offered to

THERMODYNAMICS
THERMODYNAMICS
THERMODYNAMICS

Course Objective

To familiarize the student with laminar, transitional, and turbulent boundary layers and free shear flows. Techniques to perform elementary boundary-layer and heat transfer calculations will be covered and used in home works and projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to understand boundary layer theory
2   Ability to understand incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations
3   Ability to understand similarity solutions
4   Ability to understand laminar and turbulent boundary layers
5   Ability to understand free shear flows

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Properties of Viscous Flows
2 Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations and Boundary Conditions
3 Reduction of N-S Equations to Laminar Boundary Layer Equations
4 Similarity Solutions to Incompressible Boundary Layer Equations
5 Integral Form of Incompressible Momentum Equation
6 Approximate Solutions to Integral Form of Momentum Equation
7 Compressible Laminar Boundary Layers with Heat Transfer
8 Hypersonic Laminar Boundary Layers with Heat Transfer
9 Hypersonic Viscous Interactions
10 Midterm exam
11 Incompressible Turbulent Boundary Layers
12 Incompressible Turbulent Boundary Layers
13 Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layer
14 Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layer

Recomended or Required Reading

1. White, F. M.; Viscous Fluid Flow, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
2. Schetz, J.A.; Boundary Layer Analysis, Prentice-Hall, 1992.
3. Schlichting, H.; Boundary Layer Theory, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
4. Rosenhead, L.; Laminar Boundary Layers, Oxford University Press, 1963.
5. Dorrance, W. H.; Viscous Hypersonic Flow, McGraw-Hill, 1962
6. Hirschel, E. H.; Basics of Aerothermodynamics, Springer & AIAA, 2005.
7. Anderson, J. D.; Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics, 2nd ed., AIAA, 2006.
8. Hayes, W. D. and Probstein, R. F.;Hypersonic FlowTheory, Academic, 1959.
9. Hankey, W. L.; Re-Entry Aerodynamics, AIAA, 1989.
10. Bertin, J. J.; Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, AIAA, 1994.
11. Truitt, R. W.; Aerodynamic Heating, The Ronald Press Co., 1960

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations, problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 18 72
Preparing assignments 4 18 72
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15555335335
LO.25555335335
LO.35555335335
LO.45555335335
LO.55555335335

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS