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Aerodinámica - Pequeño Túnel de Viento - ST180 |
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Temas abordados (material disponible sólo en inglés) |
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- Aerodynamics
- Control of a wind tunnel
- Measuring wind resistance in a wind tunnel
- Wind resistance of different vehicle shapes
- Vehicle designs
- Car designing
- Lift, down-force and drag aerodynamic forces
- Wing design for optimum lift
- Measuring lift force
- Comparing different types of wing
- Designing a glider
- An introduction to the laws of pressure
- Static and dynamic pressure and the Bernoulli equation
- Wind tunnels
- Lift and drag
- Making a car stick to the ground using down force
- Vehicle handling
- Mechanical design of a vehicle
- Vehicle design criteria
- Wing design
- Angle of attack, profile and chords
- Aerofoils and flaps
- Aspect ratio and span
- Turbulence
- Basic aircraft design
- Propeller power
- Helicopters and airplanes
- Supersonic aerodynamics
- Building design problems
- Bridge design to overcome unwanted aerodynamic characteristics
- Aerodynamics of ballistics
- Prototyping
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Trabajos prácticos propuestos (material disponible sólo en inglés) |
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- Perform experiments to demonstrate the two basic aerodynamic forces
- Explore the functions and controls of a real wind tunnel
- Discover how to measure wind resistance using the wind tunnel
- Measure the wind resistance of different vehicle shapes
- Observe the effect of adding a spoiler to an automobile
- Use a computer program to design an automobile
- Use the computer program to simulate wind tunnel and road tests of a vehicle design
- Use the wind tunnel to produce lift force from a simple wing design
- Discover what the angle of attack is
- Observe the airflow around wings when the angle of attack changes
- Measure the aerodynamic force that pushes airplanes off the ground
- Find out how this force changes when the angle of the wing is changed
- Test different wing designs to discover which is most suitable for flying
- Make a model glider and test its ability to maneuver in the wind tunnel
- Identify how static and dynamic air pressure influences aerodynamics
- Demonstrate a fundamental aerodynamic principle discovered by Bernoulli
- Describe different types of wind tunnels and their component parts
- Identify how to control the wind speed within the wind tunnel
- Define how drag values can be measured in the wind tunnel
- Demonstrate drag acting on a parachute
- Describe the relationship between facing area and drag
- Show how to use the computer to measure aerodynamic forces acting on objects in the wind tunnel
- Differentiate the drag caused by various vehicle shapes
- Identify reasons for selecting a particular type of vehicle
- Identify the effect of downforce
- Show how automobile design is influenced by downforce
- Complete a virtual wind tunnel and road test on a computer designed car
- Design the mechanical and aerodynamic components of a car using a computer
- Examine the design criteria of a car from a set of customer requirements
- Produce a vehicle design on a computer to fulfill a set of design criteria
- Evaluate the effectiveness of adding a spoiler to a car design
- Compare results of downforce for vehicles with and without spoilers
- Identify the pioneers of aerodynamics technology
- Indicate the airflow around a flat wing
- Recognize the need for various wing designs
- Show how the lift of a wing changes with the angle of attack
- Describe the differences between a flat, cambered and symmetrical wing
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Elementos Provistos |
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- Guía del docente, guía del estudiante y cuaderno de trabajos prácticos con 40 actividades previstas
- Software de instrucción asistida por computadora
- Túnel de viento
- Perfiles prefabricados de madera balsa
- Arcilla
- Unidad de interfase
- Antiparras de protección
- Modelo de puente oscilante
- Soporte para hélice
- Aeromodelo con propulsor a goma
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