William W. Liou, Ph.D.

 

Courses

 


ME2320  Thermodynamics I    

1.      Syllabus 

2.      Virtual Student Forum   

 

AE3710   Fundamentals of Aerodynamics

1.   Syllabus

2.   Homework Assignment 

3.   Virtual Student Forum

 

AE4660  Aircraft Propulsion Systems

1.   Syllabus

2.   Turbine Engine Run Labs

                                                                                                      

                                                                               Group T (2007)  inspected  the MW54 Turboprop                     Group E (2007)  ran MW54 Turboprop using LabView

Facility

MW54 Turbine Engine Test Cell Facility

                        Equipment Guide

Operator’s Guide

Sight and Sound  (wmv file)

Publications

AIAA paper 2007-0703

W.W. Liou and C-H Leong, “Gas turbine engine testing education at Western Michigan University,” 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 8-11 January 2007.

  AIAA paper 2004-4085

C.H. Leong, J. Jacob and W.W. Liou, ``Development of a Turbojet Engine Lab for Propulsion Education,” 40th   AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, July 11-14, 2004.

Run # 1 – Turboprop Engine

Lab Sheet

Data Readouts: 

Run # 2  - Turbojet Engine

                 Lab Sheet

 

3.   Homework Assignment

HW#1  HW#1 Solutions  

HW#2  HW#2 Solutions

HW#3  HW#3 Solutions

HW#4  HW#4 Solutions

HW#5  HW#5 Solutions

HW#6  HW#6 Solutions

 

                                    4. Computer Projects

        Project#1

          Project#2 

 

5. Handouts

Handout#1  Handout#2  Handout#3  Handout#4

       Test#1 Equation Sheet 

 

6.   Propulsion on the Web

Watch where you are standing!

 

7.   Term Project

Oral Presentation Schedule

Written Report Submission to TURNITIN.com (Tutorial for Submission to TURNITIN)

 

8.   Guest Lectures

2009

Subject: Fundamentals of Gas Turbine Engine Control

Lecturer: Dr. Sanjay Garg, NASA Glenn Research Center

Room D-205, 11:30am-1:20pm, Thursday, November 12, 2009

Lecture Notes

2008

Subject: Fundamentals of Gas Turbine Engine Control

Lecturer: Dr. Sanjay Garg, NASA Glenn Research Center November 12, 2008

2007

Subject: Low Pressure Turbine Flow Calculations

Lecturer: Dr. Don Rizzetta, Wright-Patterson Air Force Laboratory

October 21, 2007

 

9.   Other Information

-   Seminars

2009

Title: Model Based Performance and Health Assessment of Aircraft Engines  

Speaker: Dr. Sanjay Garg, NASA Glenn Research Center

Room D-115, 9:30am-10:30am, Thursday, November 12, 2009

Announcement  

2008

Title: Intelligent Turbine Engine Control and Health Management  

Speaker: Dr. Sanjay Garg, NASA Glenn Research Center

November 13, 2008

Announcement   

2007

Title: Low Pressure Turbine Flow Calculations

Speaker: Dr. Don Rizzetta, Wright-Patterson Air Force Laboratory

October 22, 2007

Announcement

- Turbofan Engine Control Software

Commercial Modular Aero-Propulsion System Simulation (C-MAPSS) Links:

Software

http://technology.grc.nasa.gov:80/software/SWInfo_form.asp?cat=all&center=all&SwareKey=97

User’s Guide

http://gltrs.grc.nasa.gov/reports/2007/TM-2007-215026.pdf

-   Opportunities

2010 USTR Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship Program

          FLYER APPLICATIONS

2010 NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program

2009 UTSR Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship Program

          FLYER  APPLICATIONS 

          http://www.clemson.edu/scies/utsr/UTSRStudentFellows.htm

2009 NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program

                   2008 TARDEC CFD Co-Op   

     

                                                ME5450 Computational Fluid Dynamics I

                                         Syllabus

                                                Computer Project#1 Computer Project#2 Computer Project#3

                                         Handout#1 P1 P2 P3 P4

 

ME6300 Advanced Fluid Dynamics

                                         Syllabus

 

                           ME6350 Turbulence

                                         Syllabus

 

                           ME6450 Computational Fluid Dynamics II (Spring 2010)

                                         Syllabus

                                                 

                           ME595/695 Microfluid Mechanics

                                         Syllabus