Aerofluids

Current aerofluids research includes:

• Non-equilibrium hypersonic flows around re-entry vehicles
• Multidisciplinary design methods for aircraft
• Two- and three-dimensional transonic wing design methods
• Active blade-vortex interaction noise suppression
• Massive separated flows on airfoils and wings at high angles of attack
• Reacting and detonating flows, tip vortex flows and viscous flows in nozzles and ducts
• Application of SMART materials to flow diagnostics, neural networks, fuzzy logic and multi-resolution analysis
• Convergence acceleration for two- and three-dimensional Euler and Navier-Stokes calculations
• Adaptive methods for unsteady flow simulations
• Scientific visualization for complex multidimensional volumetric data

Aerofluids research groups/labs:

• Aeroelasticity Research Group
• Fluid Dynamics Research Group
• Low Speed Wind Tunnel
• Flight Research Laboratory

Aerofluids program of study:

A typical program of study would include theoretical courses in aero/fluid dynamics including potential methods, boundary layer flows, applied aerodynamics, and hypersonics, and/or courses in numerical methods such as panel methods, and Euler/Navier-Stokes methods. Computer systems ranging from dedicated personal computers, unix workstations, large vector mainframes to massively parallel machines are available. These systems are equipped with advanced peripheral units, allowing full visualization of the results.

Aerofluids-related courses:

Undergraduate:

• Aero 201, Introduction to Aerospace Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II.
• Aero 301, Theoretical Aerodynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II.
• Aero 302, Aerospace Engineering Laboratory I. (1-3). Credit 2. I, II.
• Aero 303, High Speed Aerodynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II.
• Aero 305, Aerospace Engineering Laboratory II. (1-3). Credit 2. I, II.
• Aero 320, Numerical Methods.(2-3). Credit 3. I, II, S.
• Aero 351, Aerothermodynamics and Propulsion. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II.
• Aero 401, Aerospace Vehicle Design I. (1-3). Credit 2. I.
• Aero 402, Aerospace Vehicle Design II. (1-6). Credit 3. II.
• Aero 417, Aerospace Propulsion. (3-0). Credit 3. I.
• Aero 419, Chemical Rocket Propulsion. (3-0). Credit 3. II.
• Aero 420, Aeroelasticity. (3-0). Credit 3. II.
• Aero 430, Numerical Simulation. (3-0). Credit 3. II.
• Aero 452, Heat Transfer and Viscous Flows. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II.
• Aero 472, Advanced Compressible Flow I. (3-0). Credit 3. I.
• Aero 475, Aerodynamics of Viscous Fluids. (3-0). Credit 3. II.

Graduate:

• Aero 601, Principles of Fluid Motion. (4-0) Credit 4.
• Aero 602, Principles of Fluid Mechanics. (3-3) Credit 4.
• Aero 603, Continuum Mechanics. (3-0) Credit 3.
• Aero 615, Numerical Methods for Internal Flow. (3-0) Credit 3.
• Aero 671, Panel Method Techniques in Aerodynamics. (3-0) Credit 3.
• Aero 672, Advanced Numerical and Compressible Aerodynamics. (3-0) Credit 3.
• Aero 674, Hypersonic Flow. (3-0) Credit 3.
• Aero 675, Aerodynamic Heating. (3-0) Credit 3.
• Aero 676, Aerothermochemistry. (3-0) Credit 3.

Aerodynamics & Fluids Faculty

Name	E-mail	Telephone	Office
Bowersox, Rodney	bowersox@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 845-1669	HRBB 604A
Carlson, Leland	l-carlson@tamu.edu	(979) 845-1426	HRBB 719D
Cizmas, Paul	cizmas@tamu.edu	(979) 845-5952	HRBB 631B
Girimaji, Sharath	girimaji@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 845-1674	HRBB 607B
Hostetler, Jeffrey	hostetler@tamu.edu	(979) 845-0941	HRBB 754
Karpetis, Adonios	karpetis@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 458-4301	HRBB 607C
Rediniotis, Othon	rediniotis@tamu.edu	(979) 845-1658	HRBB 609B
Reed, Helen	helen.reed@tamu.edu	(979) 458-2158	HRBB 710
Richard, Jacques	richard@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 845-3916	HRBB 607A
Saric, William	saric@tamu.edu	(979) 862-1749	602C
White, Edward	ebw@tamu.edu	(979) 862-6446	HRBB 604