AAE 33401 Aerodynamics Laboratory Spring 2022 Class Intro and Schedule

AAE 33401
Aerodynamics Laboratory
Spring 2022
Catalog Description
Reinforce concepts in compressible fluid mechanics and wing aerodynamics taught in AAE 334,
laminar airfoils, flaps and slats, pressure on an airfoil, finite wings, wing tip vortices and wing tip
devices, supersonic wind tunnel, normal and oblique shock waves, expansion fans, compressible
nozzle flow, optical flow visualization, wind tunnel techniques and instrumentation. Co-requisite:
AAE 334. One credit.

Instructor Teaching Assistants

Aditya Anilkumar
Prof. Sally Bane
Pallavi Gajjar
sbane@purdue.edu Mahendra Katabathuni
Office Phone: (765) 494-9364 Triston Kosloske
Offices: ARMS 3219, AERO 12 Alex Maietta
Biswaranjan (Biswa) Pati
aanilku@purdue.edu
gajjarp@purdue.edu
mkatabat@purdue.edu
tkoslosk@purdue.edu
amaietta@purdue.edu
bpati@purdue.edu

Class Web Page

The lab background notes, lab procedures, and all other course materials will be posted on
Brightspace (AAE 33401 Section 25). The pre-lab and post-lab assignments will all be submitted
in Gradescope. You can also access all your grades on both Brightspace and Gradescope.

Office Hours
Prof. Bane will host an office hour in the lab (ARMS 3098) on Mondays when there is no lab prep
lecture, see the schedule below for dates. You can also contact your TA at any time via email with
questions while preparing your assignments.

Class Schedule
There are six labs total – the first five labs are pre-designed labs and for the sixth and final lab
you will design your own experiment. The labs will be conducted in the following order:
1. Airfoil Characteristics
2. Pressure Tap Airfoil
3. Finite Wings
4. Supersonic Wind Tunnel
5. Compressible Nozzle Flow

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6. Design Your Own Experiment

All lab activities take place in the Fluid Mechanics/Aerodynamics teaching lab in Armstrong Hall,
ARMS 3098, except for Lab 3 which will take place at the Aerospace Sciences Laboratory. The
schedule for the semester is given below. Please look over the schedule carefully and pay close
attention to the important dates

Monday “Lab Prep” Session

(Section 20)
Week Week Lab Activity
3:30 – 4:20pm
FRNY G140
NO LABS
Class Introduction and
10-Jan Review Lab 1 docs,
Lab 1 Pre-Lab Lecture Complete Lab 1 Pre-Lab
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
NO CLASS Lab 1
17-Jan
*Lab 1 Pre-Lab Assignment Black Teams
Due 1/17 by midnight
Lab 1 Office Hour
Lab 1
24-Jan 3:30 – 4:20 pm
Gold Teams
ARMS 3098
Lab 2 Pre-Lab Lecture
Lab 2
31-Jan *Lab 2 Pre-Lab Assignment Black Teams
Due 1/31 by midnight
Lab 2 Office Hour
3:30 – 4:20 pm Lab 2
7-Feb
Gold Teams
ARMS 3098
Lab 3 Pre-Lab Lecture
Lab 3
14-Feb *Lab 3 Pre-Lab Assignment Black Teams
Due 2/14 by midnight
Lab 3 Office Hour
3:30 – 4:20 pm Lab 3
21-Feb
Gold Teams
ARMS 3098
Lab 4 Pre-Lab Lecture
Lab 4
28-Feb *Lab 4 Pre-Lab Assignment Black Teams
Due 2/28 by midnight

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Lab 4 Office Hour

11:30am – 12:20 pm Lab 4
7-Mar
Gold Teams
ARMS 3098

14-Mar SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS/LABS

Lab 5 Pre-Lab Lecture

Lab 5
21-Mar *Lab 5 Pre-Lab Assignment Black Teams
Due 3/21 by midnight
Lab 5 Office Hour Lab 5
3:30 – 4:20 pm Gold Teams
28-Mar ARMS 3098 *Discuss Final Project
*Final Project Proposal Due details with TAs/Prof.
3/28 by midnight Bane

Office Hour
Lab 6, All Teams
4-Apr 3:30 – 4:20 pm
ARMS 3098 All lab work must be
completed by April 27th
11-Apr
No scheduled office hour, Lab 6 reports due 1 week
contact Prof. Bane and/or TAs after completion of lab
18-Apr
as needed work
25-Apr

Lab Section Schedule

SECTION
DAY TIME TA
NUMBER
1 Thursday 11:30am – 1:20pm
2 Wednesday 1:30 – 3:20pm
4 Tuesday 9:30 – 11:30am
5 Tuesday 7:30 – 9:20am
10 Tuesday 11:30am – 1:20pm
13 Thursday 7:30 – 9:20am
14 Wednesday 11:30am – 1:20pm
15 Thursday 3:30 – 5:20pm
18 Tuesday 1:30 – 3:20pm
19 Thursday 9:30 – 11:30am
20 Thursday 1:30 – 3:20pm
21 Friday 9:30 – 11:30am

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22 Wednesday 7:30 – 9:20am

23 Wednesday 3:30 – 5:20pm
24 Tuesday 3:30 – 5:20pm
26 Wednesday 9:30 – 11:30am

Procedure at the Lab

1) Show up at the lab at your prescribed day and time and check in with the TA.
2) The COVID-19 Lab Protocol must be followed at all times by all students in the lab.
Read the “ARMS 3098 Lab Protocol” and ask the instructor and/or your TA if you
have any questions or concerns. Remember to bring your mask to your lab session.
3) Log-in to the computer using one team member’s career account
4) Change to the C:\Temp directory and find the folder for the experiment.
5) Open any lab documents you will need.
6) Check in periodically with the TA as indicated in the Lab Procedure to make sure your data
is reasonable.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

• The Protect Purdue Pledge and ARMS 3098 Lab Protocols must be followed at all
times while in the lab! Any student refusing to comply will be asked to leave and
possibly reported to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities (OSRR).
• Pre-lab assignments must be completed midnight (EST) on the Monday of the first
week of each lab (see schedule above). No late pre-labs will be accepted.
• Please arrive to your lab session on time. If you are more than 10 minutes late you
will lose 5 points from your attendance score (10 points total). If you miss the entire
lab session you will lose all 10 points. If you have to miss a lab session due to illness or
quarantine, please inform the instructor and your TA as early as possible and make
sure to obtain the lab data from a team member so you can complete your post-lab
assignment.
• Post-lab assignments must be submitted in Gradescope one week after the lab is
completed, by midnight (EST).

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