Problem Set 1 The Atmosphere 1) Use the ISA table or formulae to obtain the following: a) b) c) d) 2) 3) Air density at 9750

m Pressure at 19000 m Height at which the density is 0.6 kg/m3 Speed of sound at 3300 m

Determine the pressure altitude if the ambient pressure is 50 kPa. The lifting capability of an aircraft is directly related to the dynamic pressure. The dynamic pressure is defined as 1 V 2 . Determine the dynamic pressure 2 if an aircraft is flying at 250 m/s at an altitude of 10 km and the speed required at sea level to obtain the same dynamic pressure. Determine the variation of P/P0 and /0 with altitude, h, in an atmosphere in which the temperature is ISA + 20C. A non-standard atmosphere consists of a constant temperature layer of -20C up to 3 km, a gradient layer with a lapse rate of -5 K/km up to 10 km, and an isothermal layer above that. Determine the variation of P/P0 with altitude, h.

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Answers: 1) a)0.4252 kg/m3 b)6.40 kPa c)6.84 km d)327.4 m/s 2)5570 m 3)12.88 kPa, 145 m/s 4)for h<11 km: P/Po=(1-0.021093h)5.26, /o=(1-0.032093h)4.26 for h>11 km: P/Po=0.2494e-0.1444(h-11), /o=0.2494e-0.1444( h-11) h in km 5)for 0<h<3 km: P/Po=e-0.1350h for 3<h<10 km: P/Po=0.6670(1.0593-0.01975h)6.836 for h>10 km P/Po=0.2413e-0.1567(h-10) h in km