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Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram

Eighth Semester
Aerospace Engineering

PART A
Answer all questions
1, Derive a relationship between geopotential and geometric altitude.

2, Explain the variation of temparature with altitude at different regimes of earth s atmosphere

3, Compare infinite wings and finite wings

4, Explain Prandls lifting line theory

5, Discuss a method of obtaining lift coefficient from coefficent of pressure

PART B
Answer any three

6, Derive an expression for calculating critical pressure coefficent from free stream Mach number

7, What is meant by induced drag? Derive an expression for it.

8 Derive an expression for propeller efficiency using Froudes momentum theory

9 Explain the different theories used for explaining the generation of lift in an aircraft