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Chapter 2
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What are the two classifications of aerodynamic forces? What is an example of each?
What are streamlines? Can streamlines cross?
What is a pathline?
What is a streak line?
Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Describe an open loop wind tunnel. Describe a closed loop wind tunnel. What are the parts of
each? What is the difference between a suction and a blow down tunnel?
What are the isentropic relations? What are they used for? Can they be used for incompressible
and compressible flow?
What happens to subsonic flow when the area increases? Decreases? What happens to
supersonic flow when the area increases? Decreases?
What is the throat? What is choked flow?
What is a boundary layer? Why do we call this viscous flow?
What are the two types of viscous flow? What do we call the point from which it changes from
one type to the other?
What is the Reynolds number?
At what Reynolds number do we consider the flow to be turbulent?
What is shear stress? How does this relate to boundary layers? How does this relate to drag?
What is this kind of drag called?
What is the flat plate approximation for boundary layers? Why is this useful?
What is the critical Reynolds number? How do we determine the critical Reynolds number?
What happens when the flow separates? What kind of drag does this create?
What is an adverse pressure gradient? How does this relate to flow separation?
Chapter 5
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What are flaps? What are they used for? How does it relate to stall velocity? What are leading
edge slots?
What is stall velocity?
What is the circulation theory of lift? Why do we no longer use it?
Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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What is static stability? What does statically stable mean? What does statically unstable mean?
What is dynamic stability? What does dynamically stable mean? What does dynamically
unstable mean?
What are the three control angles of rotation for an aircraft?
What point do these control angles rotate about?
What is the neutral point?
What criteria has to be met for an aircraft to be longitudinally balanced and statically stable?
What is the static margin? How does it relate to stability?
What do elevators do to pitching moment?
What is trim angle?
What does the tail do to your stability?