Assessment test in Basics of Aeronautics and Flight Performance

Date
: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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Time

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40 mins.

Answer all questions (be as brief as possible):

1. What is aircraft and how they are classified in a broad way. Give the classification tree.
2. Draw a typical CL Vs curve and show L0,

geo and abs and write their relation.

3. In brief explain how vortices are created and how they create trailing vortex drag.
4. What are 2D and 3D wings?
5. What are downwash, and horse shoe vortex system?
6. In lifting line theory and lifting surface theory, which is more accurate and why?
7. Draw the curves showing the effects of taper, finiteness, camber, flap and slats.
8. What are the different types of drags? Why parasite drag is called so?
9. In SSLF where do the forces L, D, T and W act. Write the equation of L and D. write D as
a function of V. Write typical drag polar and the conditions of Dmin and (Pr)min.
10. What are the different types of engine used in aviation? What is RAM effect and which is
the most economic engine for commercial airplanes?