Tutorial 2
Tutorial 2
Module I
Tutorial 2
Dr. VENKITARAJ K P
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ADOOR
International standard atmosphere
The location of various regions in the atmosphere and the properties of air in
them vary with the geography of the place and time during the day and the
year. This presents difficulties in assigning definite properties to atmosphere
at different altitudes. Therefore, to overcome this difficulty a reference
atmosphere called International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) has been
defined. In evaluating the performance of an aircraft, ISA is used. The
conditions at the sea level for this atmosphere are given below.
Stratosphere:
Region above troposphere that extends upto an altitude of 32 km.
The separation between troposphere and stratosphere is called tropopause.
This contains a little less than 25% weight of the atmosphere.
The temperature in the stratosphere remains constant at 216.5 K.
The composition of the air is not much different from that in troposphere.
Ionosphere:
The region beyond mesosphere that extends upto 640 km.
This layer contains electrically conducting particles , the composition of which
changes during day and night.
The temperature increases with altitude.
Exosphere:
The low density region beyond ionosphere
It merges with interplanetary medium.