Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
 MAE 452,   V/STOL Aerodynamics

Instructor :  Dr. R.T. Nagel
Office: 3223 Broughton Hall

V 22 Osprey

Office Hours - Spring 2007       Wednesday & Friday  1:00 – 2:00  or by appointment

                                                            Course information for Spring 2007   

                online class evaluation process begins on Monday, April 16. 
                    1.      Login to http://ClassEval.ncsu.edu with your unity ID.
                    2.      Complete and submit each of the questionnaires listed.
                    3.      The student helpdesk for this process is ClassEval@help.ncsu.edu .
                    4.      The ClassEval website will be open from April 16 through April 29.


  Syllabus:

            CLASS NOTES & HANDOUTS

    CL - 1   Intro                               Autogiro 
    CL - 2   Conserv Laws
    CL - 3   DL  & FM  
    CL - 4   Real effects
    CL - 5  Vertical Ascent & Descent                   Bell Loop
    CL - 6  Between Ascent &  Decent                          Clearly a Problem
    CL - 7   Forward Flight
    CL-8    Inflow                                            
    CL-9    Review
    CL-10   Exam  1
    CL - 11  Hinges & swashplates-1                          Boom cut off
    CL - 12  Hinges & Swashplates-2      a calculation         mishap
    CL - 13   Hinges & Swashplates -3
    CL -  14   NADEP
    CL -  15   Performance 1
    CL -  16   Performance 2
    CL -  17   Review
    CL  - 18   Exam  2
                Special topics in VSTOL
    CL  -  19  Auto Gyros                               see autogiro vdeo at class 1
    CL  -  20   Tip Vortices 
    CL  -  21   Unsteady Airfoils -1                   It's unsteady?
    CL  -  22   Unsteady Airfoils -2
    CL  -  23-24   Vibration of rotating bodies            Shake it up Baby
    CL   -26    Tilt rotors
    CL -  27-28  Helicopter Noise
    CL  -  29  Review

Remainder in progress

            HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

                Home work assignment #1

                Home work assignment #2

                Home work assignment #3

                Home work assignment #4

                Home work assignment #5

           

             TEACHING ASSISTANTS  
( if you have questions about the grading of Homework contact)

             Alex Hartl  -  Monday and Wednesday from 3-4 PM  in Br 2333    

                                                or                                

            Seth Short -  Monday 12-1:30, and Wed 10:30-12. in Br 2402