Space shuttle surface
temperature measured in flight via thermocouple calibrated mid-infrared images
compared with extrapolations from wind-tunnel heat flux measurements. (From:
Blanchard, et al., AIAA Paper 2002-4702, “Shuttle Orbiter Fuselage Global
Temperature Measurements from Infrared Images at Hypersonic Speeds”)
ASE 340 - Boundary Layer Theory and Heat Transfer
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Class Meets: |
MWF 10:00 - 10:50 pm, WRW 113 |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Philip L. Varghese |
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Office: |
WRW 314C |
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Office Hours: |
M-F: 11-12, and by appointment |
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Phone: |
471-3110 |
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e-mail: |
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Home page: |
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TAs: |
Justin Wagner, contact him here & Stephen Yeldell, contact him here |
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Text: |
Heat Transfer, Alan J. Chapman, 4th Edition, Macmillan |
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Additional References: |
Any standard text on Fluid Mechanics - e.g. your ASE 320 text. Boundary Layer Theory, H. Schlichting, McGraw Hill. |
Important dates
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Monday, Aug 30 |
Last day to add/drop classes in |
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Tuesday, Sep 28 |
Test 1, 2 hrs (time to be determined, tentatively 6-8 pm) |
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Tuesday, Nov 9 |
Test 2, 2hrs (time to be determined, tentatively 6-8 pm) |
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Thursday, Dec 9 |
Final Exam (2:00 - 5:00 pm) |
Grading
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Homework |
15% |
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Two mid semester tests |
40% (Higher score: 25%, Lower: 15%) |
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Final Exam |
40% |
2002-2004 Catalog Data
340 Character of viscous fluid motion; laminar and
turbulent boundary layer solutions; convective heat transfer solutions for
low-speed and high-speed flows; energy transfer by conduction in one and two
independent variables; energy transfer by radiation. Prerequisite:
Aerospace Engineering 320.
Top Left: STS-103 enhanced middle infrared data taken at Mach
4.9 Top Right: wind tunnel heating data taken at Mach 6.0. Bottom:
Visible wavelength image of the port side of the Orbiter during landing (From:
Blanchard, et al., AIAA Paper 2002-4702, “Shuttle Orbiter Fuselage Global
Temperature Measurements from Infrared Images at Hypersonic Speeds”))