From the view point of fluid dynamics, flying objects and flying living things are summarized and compared with each orthr. Flying is decomposed into propulsion and flight and students learn aeronautics of existing artifactual flying objects such as aircrafts, helicopters or rockets. We discuss the reason why flying living things often have small sizes to compare with artifactual flying objects. The tubulence related with flying objects is studied and the knowledge obtained from living things will be utilized to design future artifactual flying objects.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
(1) mechanism of flight and propulsion
(2) Aerodynamics
(3) Puropulsion and control mechanism used for living things
(4) High-speed flight and turbulent phenomena
(5) Possibility of an artifactual small flying objects
flying object, flight control, propulsion, aircraft, aerodynamics, living thing, turbulence
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
The course is taught in lecture style and some topics are discussed with students.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction and overview of artifactual flying obects and flying living things | Understand the difference between artifactual flying obects and flying living things. |
Class 2 | Classification of various flying objects from the view point of fluid dynamics | Understand various flight and propulsion mechanics and the Reynolds number. |
Class 3 | Aerodynamics of artisfactual flight objects and airfoil theory | Aquire aerodynamics and airfoil theory including lift and drag forces. |
Class 4 | Hight-speed flight of artifactual flight objects | Understand compressible fluid dynamics for high-speed flying object and Mach number and shock wave. |
Class 5 | Flight control | Aquire the mothod to control the flight and stability. |
Class 6 | Generation of proplusive forces in artifacutual flying objects and flying livings things | Aquire the method to generate propulsive forces by propeller, engine, fuel jet and fluttering. |
Class 7 | Vortex and turbulence for flying living things | Understand how living things use vortex and turbulence for fly. |
Class 8 | Application of the mechanics of living things to articactual flying objects | Aquire possibility of an artifactual small flying objects. |
None required.
Origial text given by the academic supervisor.
Evaluation for the report submitted at the end of the lecture. The topics is specified by the academic supervisor.
Students must have successfully completed Fundamental Fluid Dynamics and Realistic Fluid Dynamics in the undergraduate course or have the comparable knowledage.
Students must have successfully completed Fundamental Fluid Dynamics and Realistic Fluid Dynamics in the undergraduate course or have the comparable knowledage.