Ae3691 Flight Dynamics
Ae3691 Flight Dynamics
Ae3691 Flight Dynamics
1 Sketch a typical drag polar of an airplane and mark the point of interest on it. CO1 K1
2 Mention the conditions for minimum drag and power required? CO1 K1
3 How do you define supercritical airfoil. CO1 K2
4 Why SFC varies with velocity and altitude? CO1 K1
5 Distinguish the difference between profile drag and pressure drag? CO1 K2
6 Differentiate between a streamline & bluff body? CO1 K1
7 Explain how induced drag is caused? CO1 K2
8 Draw the thrust required curve for steady level flight CO1 K1
9 How to reduce interference drag? CO1 K1
10 What do you mean by Skin Friction Drag? CO1 K1
11 State the purpose of winglets in an airplane. CO1 K1
12 Draw power available curve for turbojet engine and propeller engine. CO1 K2
13 What is meant by zero lift drag? CO1 K1
14 Find the drag coefficient for an airplane. Weight of the airplane 250KN, Drag K2
=0.3 KN, Surface area =10sq.m, velocity of the airplane is 300m/s. CO1
15 Define aerodynamic centre and centre of pressure. CO1 K1
Part – B
Derive the expression for drag polar and explain it with a neat plot. And
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explain drag polar characteristic for low speed and high-speed vehicle.
Define minimum thrust required for an airplane. And derive the expression
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minimum thrust required condition.
Explain about different types of drag and discuss method to reduce wave
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drag.
Derive condition for minimum drag and power required for straight and level
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flight.
Draw and explain the power required and power available curves for a jet
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engine and piston engine airplane.
6 Derive the equation of motion of a rigid flight vehicle. CO1 K3
Explain the variation of thrust, power with velocity and altitude for an air
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breathing engine.
An aircraft weighing 2,50,000N has a wing area of 800m2 and it drag
equation is CD=0.016+0.04CL2. calculate minimum thrust required and
8 minimum power required for steady and level flight and then corresponding CO1 K3
air speed at sea level and at an altitude (ϭ=0.58).Assume sea level air density
to be 1.225 kg/m3 .
Part – C
CO’s Bloom’s
Q.No Questions
Level
1. Derive an aerodynamics relations associate with maximum CL/CD,
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CL3/2/CD, CL1/2/CD
2. Consider the Gulfstream IV twin turbofan executive transport. Calculate CO1 K3
and plot the thrust required curve at sea level. Assuming weight of 7300N.
Airplane data S=950 sq.m. AR=14 CDo=0.015 and k=0.08. Hence Drag
polar CD= CDo+KCL2.
Obtain the expression for turn radius and turn rate for pull up and pushover
7 maneuver. CO2 K3
Discuss about the V-n diagram of aircraft in details. And also state the gust
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load effect on it.
Part – C
CO’s Bloom’s
Q.No Questions
Level
1. Derive the total distance covered during landing of an aircraft. CO2 K3
2. Explain about Take-off performance and Calculate the total distance
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covered during take-off of an aircraft.
CO’s Bloom’s
Q.No Questions
Level
Part A
1 How many DOF are there for lateral dynamic motion & what are they? CO3 K1
2 How do you define ‘Static Margin’ of an airplane? CO3 K2
3 Define neutral point and static margin. CO3 K1
4 Distinguish between stability and controllability. CO3 K2
State the term stick force gradients and list down the methods of improving
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the stick force gradients?
7 State the need for aerodynamic balancing of a control surface? CO4 K1
8 Define stick fixed neutral point of an airplane. CO4 K1
9 Define stick free neutral point of an airplane. CO4 K1
10 How is longitudinal stability achieved in the aircraft? CO3 K2
11 Define Hinge moment. CO4 K1
12 What do you understand by Inherently stable of an airplane CO3 K1
State two conditions for static longitudinal stability and indicate them with a
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plot.
Explain the location of neutral point and CG for aircraft for statically stable
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condition.
What are the two methods for predicting fuselage contribution to longitudinal
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stability of airplane?
Part - B
Derive Cmcg equation for wing body combination with tail section and offer
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your comments on this expression.
A wing–body model is tested in a subsonic wind tunnel. The lift is found to
be zero at a geometric angle of attack α = −1.5°. At α = 5° the lift coefficient
is measured as 0.52. Also, at α = 1.0° and 7.88°, the moment coefficients
2 about the center of gravity are measured as −0.01 and 0.05, respectively. The CO3 K3
center of gravity is located at 0.35 c. Calculate the location of the
aerodynamic center and the value of CM, acwb .
3 The contribution of wing fuselage combination to the moment about the c.g. CO3 K3
of an airplane is given below.
If the wing loading is 850 N/m2 , find the flight velocity at sea level when the
airplane is in trim with zero lift on the tail. (ii) Investigate the stability of the
airplane with the following additional data: CLαw = 0.08 deg-1 , CLαt =
0.072 deg-1 , dε/dα = 0.45 , lt = 2.9 c , St = S/7, η=1.0. Assume the
contributions of power to Cmcg and Cm to be negligible
4 Explain about power effect in static longitudinal stability. CO3 K3
How do you define aerodynamic balancing? Explain its types with neat
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sketch.
Derive the elevator hinge moment to determine the static margin for an
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aircraft.
Derive stick force gradient relation for unaccelerated flight and suggest the
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methods of improving the stick force gradients?
Derive an expression for stick fixed neutral point and explain the influence of
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c.g location.
Part – C
CO’s Bloom’s
Q.No Questions
Level
1. A sailplane has the following characteristics. CD = 0.02 + 0.025 CL 2 ,
CLαw = 0.093, α0Lw = - 4, iw = 0, a.c. location = 0.24 c , St = S / 7, lt = 4
c , dε/dα = 0.4, CLαt = 0.05 and η = 0.9. All the angles are in degrees.
Neglect the contribution of fuselage. Find the c.g. location for which the CO3 K3
equilibrium is reached with zero lift on the tail at the lift coefficient
corresponding to the best guiding angle. Calculate the tail setting. Is the
sailplane stable?
2. How can the static longitudinal stability of an airplane be evaluated for a
specific aircraft? provide a detailed explanation, including relevant CO3 K3
relationships and graphs.
Part – C
CO’s Bloom’s
Q.No Questions
Level
1. How can the static directional stability of an airplane be evaluated for a
specific aircraft? provide a detailed explanation, including relevant CO5 K3
relationships and graphs.
2. How can the dihedral effect of an airplane be assessed? Describe in detail CO5 K3
the contribution of each component.
Part – C
CO’s Bloom’s
Q.No Questions
Level
1. The response of an airplane in pitch θ, to a disturbance is given in the CO6
following form
θ= θ1eλ1t + θ2eλ2t + θ3eλ3t+ θ4eλ4t the value of λ in this equation can be
determined from the following quartic:
λ4+4 λ3+ 10λ2+ λ+3.8=0
Extract the roots from this quartic and describe the characteristic modes
involved. If any modes are oscillatory, determine the period of the
oscillation and the time for oscillation either to damp to half amplitude or
to double its amplitude.
Repeat this calculation but for the case where quartic in λ is as follows:
λ4+10 λ3+100 λ2+600 λ+2000=0 K3
2. Discuss in detail autorotation and procedure for recovery from these CO6 K3
situations.