Welcome to the webpage of

AerE310:   Aerodynamics 01 - Incompressible

 ( 2024 Spring Semester)

Course Instructors:

Dr. Hui Hu and Dr. Abdallah Samad

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Iowa State University

Office: Room 2249, Howe Hall

Tel: 515-204-0094 (office)

Email:huhui@iastate.edu / Email: asamad@iastate.edu

Teaching Assistant:

Mr. Anvesh Dhulipalla 

Office: Room 2242, Howe Hall

Tel: 515-294-0089

Email: adhulipa@iastate.edu

Course Policy & Syllabus:

• PDF format

Handout for the course:

• Chapter 01. Review of Multivariable Calculus

• Chapter 02. Review of Vector Algebra

• Chapter 03. Description of Fluid Motion

• Chapter 04. Conservation Equations

• Chapter 05. Simplification to the Conservation Equations

• Chapter 06. Basic Potential Flows

• Chapter 07. Thin Airfoil Theory

• Chapter 08. 3D Wing Theory

• Chapter 9. Laminar and Turbulence Flows

• Chapter 10. Boundary Layer Flow Theory

Place and Time for Lectures:

• Classroom:      Room 1227, Hoover Hall

• Time:  3:20 pm- 4:10 pm,  Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays.

Homework Problem Sets:

HW Set #01 (solution)	HW Set #02(solution)
HW Set #03 (solution)	HW Set #04 (solution)
HW Set #05 (solution)	HW Set #06  (solution)
HW Set #07 (solution)

TA's office hours to help on AerE310 Homework:

• Hours:   4:20 pm ~ 5:30 pm Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays.

• Location: Desk #1 of Room 2242, Howe Hall.

Exams of AerE310 Course:

• The 1st Midterm Exam  

• Guidelines to the 1st Exam

• The 2nd Midterm Exam.

• To be held at 3:20pm ~ 4:30pm on Friday, 04/05/2024.

• Guidelines to the 2nd Exam

• The Final Exam of AerE310

• Scheduled at 2:15pm ~ 4:15pm on Monday, 05/06/2024.

• Guidelines to the final Exam.

Grading Policy:

The final grade will be calculated with the following weights:

In-class assignments or 5-minute quizzes	10 %
Homework	20 %
1^st Midterm exam	20 %
2^nd Midterm exam	20 %
The Final exam	30 %

Class notes:

Lecture#01	Lecture#02	Lecture#03	Lecture#04	Lecture#05	Lecture#06	Lecture#07	Lecture#08	Lecture#09	Lecture#10
Lecture#11	Lecture#12	Lecture#13	Lecture#14	Lecture#15	Lecture#16	Lecture#17	Lecture#18	Lecture#19	Lecture#20
Lecture#21	Lecture#22	Lecture#23	Lecture#24	Lecture#25	Lecture#26	Lecture#27	Lecture#28	Lecture#29	Lecture#30
Lecture#31	Lecture#32	Lecture#33	Lecture#34	Lecture#35	Lecture#36	Lecture#37	Lecture#38	Lecture#39	Lecture#40
Lecture#41

Copyright Statement:

  The handouts and class notes used in this course are copyrighted.  It means all the materials generated for this class, which include but are not limited to lecture notes, 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.