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Reg. No
B
B.E/B.Tech- DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH-APRIL 2018
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
Fourth Semester
AE6401 / AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
MODEL EXAM

Time: 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm Date: 28/04/2018 Max Marks: 100

PART A (10x2=20 Marks)

Bloom’s
Q. No Questions CO
Level
1. Define convective derivative. 1 K1
2. Define stokes theorem and green’s lemma. 1 K1
3. State Kelvin’s circulation theorem. 2 K1
4. State Magnus effect 2 K2
5. Define conformal transformation 3 K1
6. Write any two assumptions made while deriving thin airfoil theory? 3 K1
7. Define the term horse shoe vortex. 4 K1
8. State Helmholtz’s theorem. 4 K2
9. Distinguish between laminar flow and turbulent flow characteristics. 5 K2
10. Define critical Reynold’s number 5 K1

PART B (5x13=65 Marks)

Bloom’s
Q. No Questions CO
Level
Derive and state the necessary assumption made to obtain the Euler’s equation from
11 (a) 1 K2
momentum equation.
(OR)
Derive the non-lifting flow over the cylinder. Show its stream function and velocity
11 (b) 1 K3
potential.
12 (a) (i) State and prove Kutta-Joukowski’s theorem. 2 K2
(ii) Explain the theory behind the real flow over smooth and rough cylinder. 2 K3
(OR)
A circular cylinder of 2.0m diameter and 12m length is rotated at 300rpm about its axis
when it is kept in an air stream of 40m/s velocity, with its axis perpendicular to the
flow. Determine (i) circulation around the cylinder (2)
(ii)Theoretical lift (3)
12 (b) 2 K3
(iii)Position of stagnation points (4)
(iv)Actual drag, lift and resultant forces on the cylinder, take CD=0.52,
CL=1.0 and density =1.208kg/m3 (4)

K2
Show that the transformation transforms a circle into a cambered aerofoil
13 (a) profile. 3

(OR)
13 (b) Consider an NACA 23012 airfoil. Thea mean camber line for this airfoil is given by, 3
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K3
Calculate:
(i) CL, when α=4°
(ii) The angle of attack at zero lift
The moment coefficient about the quarter chord.
14 (a) Derive fundamental equation of Prandtl’s lifting line theory. 4 K2
(OR)
For a wing with elliptic span wise circulation, show that the downwash and induced K3
14 (b) 4
angle of attack are constant along the span.
15 (a) Derive Blasius equation for an incompressible flow over a flat plate 5 K2
(OR)
For the given velocity profile as (u/U) =2n-n2, where n=(y/δ). Determine the K3
15 (b) displacement thickness, momentum thickness, Energy thickness and shape factor. 5
Where δ is boundary layer thickness.
PART C (1x15=15 Marks)
Bloom’s
Q. No Questions CO Level
A thin aerofoil has a camber line defined by the relation y=kx(x-1)(x-2) where x and y
are its co-ordinates expressed in terms of unit chord and the origin is at the leading
16(a) 4 K3
edge. If the maximum camber is 2% of the chord, determine the low speed two
dimensional pitching moment coefficients at 3֯ incidence.
(OR)
A thin flat plate of length 1.5m and width 3m is kept in a uniform stream of air of K3
16(b) velocity 1.8m/s at α=0 and parallel to its chord. Find the drag on one side of the plate 5
and the boundary layer thickness at trailing edge.

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