Excel Engineering College

Pallakapalayam

Department of Aeronautical Engineering

Internal Test II
AE2023 AERODYNAMICS II Date: .10.13 Year/Sem: III/V Time: 3Hrs Max.Marks: 100

Answer All Questions PART A (10 X 2 = 20 Marks) 1. What is meant by zone of silence and zone of action? 2. State the phenomenon of chocking in convergent nozzle? 3. Shock waves cannot develop in subsonic flow? state the reason 4. What is the relationship between mach angle and mach number? 5. Write down Prandtl-Glauert Rule for subsonic flow for small disturbances (small perturbations) and explain its meaning. 6. Define critical Mach number for an aerofoil and explain its significance. 7. What is transonic area rule 8. Why sweep back is applied to wings at high speeds? 9. Define the shock strength 10. What is transonic buffeting? PART B (5 X 16 = 80) 11. a) Analyze the performance characteristics of a convergent-divergent nozzle for different inlet and outlet conditions. (OR) b) Derive all the isentropic relations for a one dimensional compressible gas flows. (16) 12. a) Define normal shock; Derive the equation of motion for normal shock wave (OR) (16) (16)

b) Explain about Reflection and Intersection of shocks and Expansion waves

(16)

13. a) For an oblique shock wave bring out proper relationship between the flow parameters in front of the shock and behind the shock. (OR) (16)

b) Write short notes on the following: i) Transonic airfoils ii) Drag divergence mach number (8) (8)

14. a) Explain pitot static tube. Derive the correction co-efficient for dynamic pressure in compressible flow. (OR) b) Derive the Prandtl-Gluert relation (16) (16)

15. a) Using small perturbation assumption, derive the linearised velocity potential equation for compressible flows past an airfoil and find out the pressure coefficient. (OR) b) Write short notes on the following: i) Swept forward and backward wings ii) Subcritical, critical and super critical mach numbers. iii) Influence of airfoil and wing parameters on the performance of wings. iv) Shock polar (4) (4) (4) (4) (16)

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