EMCH 578 Introduction to Aerodynamics

EMCH 744 Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics

Mid Term Exam
March 4th, 2015 (4:25 pm 5:45 pm)
Total time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Name:

Graduate/Undergraduate

(Show all steps of your work) Total points 100 for Undergraduate, Total points 125 for Graduate Students, Circle
the appropriate student level section at the top.

Score

Prob 1
Prob 2
Prob 3
Prob 4
Prob 5
Total

25 pts
25 pts
25 pts
25 pts
25 pts
100/125 points

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1) Consider two different flows over geometrically similar airfoil shapes, one airfoil being twice the
size of the other. The flow over the smaller airfoil has free stream properties given by T = 200K,
=1.23 kg/m3, and V= 100 m/s. The flow over the larger airfoil is described by T = 800K,
=1.739 kg/m3, and V= 200 m/s. Assume that both the dynamic viscosity and speed of sound are
proportional to / . Are the two flows dynamically similar? (25 points)

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2) The velocity field for the fully developed viscous flow in duct (Hagen Poiseuille flow) is as
follows:
Where

= 0,

=0

the pressure gradient along the x direction is a constant and h is the height/diameter

of the duct.
Is the flow rotational or irrotational? Why? For a duct flow does the Bernoullis equation hold
true? (25 points)

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3) A long pipe (with a reducer) section is attached to a large tank (as shown in Figure). The
diameter of the tank is 5.0 m, the
diameter of the pipe is 20 cm at station 1
and 10 cm at station 2. The effects of
viscosity are such that the velocity (u)
maybe considered constant across the
cross section at the surface (s) and at
station 1, but varies with the radius at
station 2 such that,
Figure: Problem 3

(1

), where Uo is the velocity

at the center line, R2 is the radius of the

pipe at station 2, and r the radial coordinate. If the density of the liquid is 0.85 g/cm3and the
mass flow rate is 10 kg/s, what are the velocities at s and 1 and what is the value of Uo?
(25 points)

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4) Velocity profiles are measured at the upstream end (surface 1) and at the downstream end
(surface 2) of a rectangular control volume as shown in the figure. If the flow is incompressible,
two dimensional, and steady, what is the total volumetric flow rate across the horizontal
surfaces (surfaces 3 and 4)? (25 points)

Figure: Problem 3

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5) For an irrotational flow, show that Bernoullis equation (consider Bernoullis equation without
the body force term) holds between any points in the flow, not just along a streamline. (25
points) (Question 5 is only for graduate students)

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Reference values SL= 1.2250 kg/m3 (0.002377 slug/ft3), pSL =1.01325 x 105 N/m2 (2116 lb/ft2)
and SL = 1.7894 x 10-5 N-s/m2 (3.737 x 10-7 lb-s/ft2), TSL = 288.15 K.

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