ENME404-22S2 (C) Semester Two 2022

Aerodynamics and Ground Vehicle Dynamics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 July 2022
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 31 July 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 October 2022

Description

Aerofoil theory; Flat plate lift and drag; Aerofoil lift and drag; Predicting aerofoil data with Xfoil; Boundary layer theory; Aircraft performance; Stability and control in flight; Wind tunnel testing; Glider design, build and test; Propeller design; BEMT method; High speed (compressibility) effects; Wheeled ground vehicles: load transfer, tyre design, traction and rolling resistance, aerodynamics, suspension, steering, and potential flow.

This course includes: aerofoil theory; flat plate and aerofoil lift and drag; predicting aerofoil data with Xfoil; boundary layer theory; fixed-wing aircraft performance; stability and control in fixed-wing flight; wind tunnel testing; glider design, build and test; propeller design; BEMT method (Blade Element Momentum Theory) for propeller design; high speed (compressibility) effects for flying craft; and the dynamics of wheeled ground vehicles including: load transfer, tyre design, traction and rolling resistance, and aerodynamics.

This course teaches the fundamental understanding, and some of the design skills, required for aerodynamic design in the aviation and automotive industries, with relevance also to the wind and hydroelectric power industries. The course strengthens skills required for almost any industrial application with moving fluids.

Prerequisites

ENME304 or ENME314

Course Coordinator

Mark Jermy

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Wing Platform Report 30 Sep 2022 15%
Glider Assignment 28 Sep 2022 15%
Wind Tunnel Report 30 Sep 2022 10%
Vehicle Modelling Report 13 Oct 2022 10%
Exam 50%

Notes

For detailed course, policy, regulatory and integrity information, please refer to the UC web site, or see relevant Course or Department LEARN pages, (which are available to enrolled students).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,133.00

International fee $5,625.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

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