Courses

UNDERGRADUATE

MECH 4U3 Compressible flow and Turbomachinery  (Fall) AKA Jets & jet engines

Compressible/ flows, including choking, normal and oblique shocks, expansion fans, supersonic airfoils, rocket  nozzles, heat transfer (combustors) and adiabatic & isothermal flows with friction

Basics of turbomachinery (axial and radial hydraulic and gas   turbines, compressors and fans). Details of aerodynamics of flow and performance in gas turbines. Basics of wind  turbines.

MECH 4AA3 Aerodynamics (Winter)

Aerodynamics for aircraft

• • airfoil & finite wing aerodynamics

  • aircraft performance

  • flight dynamics

  • aircraft stability and aeroelasticity

Car and building (wind) aerodynamics

MECH 4X3 Individual Research Projects (Fall & Winter)

A full year (but only 3 unit) course undertaking a research project.  Potential projects this coming year include:

• • modelling unsteady flows in nuclear reactors;

  • flows in sailing, rowing and canoe (blades, boats and sails) - especially if you have the sports experience

Please contact me by email to discuss further and define a project of mutual interest

MECH 4M6  Capstone Group Design Projects

Please sort yourselves out into a group of 2-3 (maybe 4) friends of like-minded interest in fluid dynamics, then contact me as early as possible (summer or early Sept.) to discuss potential projects further.  Possible projects this year include:

   • multiple possible design and build sailing/rowing/canoe projects. Previous competitive experience in one of these sports would be necessary.

   • design and build of benchtop, low-temperature experimental rigs to investigate flows inside steelmaking furnaces and casters. A previous co-op at a steelmaker would be invaluable but not necessary.

   • design and build of a benchtop, experimental rig to investigate flows inside CANDU nuclear fuel channels

   • design and build of improved HVAC diffusers for retrofit use in homes

   • Rocket (and Aerodynamics) club/team projects

   • other student-defined projects with a fluid dynamics or sports engineering focus

GRADUATE

Mech 709    Turbulence and turbulence modelling

Mech 6U3   A graduate level version of 4U3 Compressible flow & turbomachinery

Mech 713   Combustion and combustion modelling - offered only if sufficient interest (currently dormant)

Figures from Boeing, Rolls-Royce, deHavilland