Aero 305: quiz 0 Name:

19 January 2021 Grader:

Note: This test will not affect your grade. It will let me know what you have learned already, what you
still need to learn, and how you can best achieve the course objectives. P.S.: I’ll be impressed if anybody
gets everything right! (It hasn’t happened yet, but it could . . .)

Classwork: If you are taking a class this semester, fill in W21 after the course name. If you completed
the class previously, fill in the term you took it. If you completed an equivalent class at another University,
please fill in the term and the University’s name. Leave blank any other courses.

Course Title Term

Aero 225 Intro. to Gas Dynamics
Aero 305 Intro. to Instrumentation & Measurement W21 .
Aero 315 Aircraft & Spacecraft Structures
Aero 325 Aerodynamics
Aero 335 Aerospace Propulsion
EECS 206 Signals & Systems I
EECS 215 Intro. to Electronic Circuits
EECS 216 Intro. to Signals & Systems
EECS 314 Electrical Circuits, Systems, & Applications
Eng 100/700 Intro. to Space Systems Engineering
Phys 140 General Physics I
Phys 141 Elementary Lab. I

1. Circuit elements: (1 pt ea.) Name the following electrical circuit elements:

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2. Equivalent circuits: A power supply has an open-circuit voltage of 5 V and a short-circuit current
of 2 A.
(a) (3 pts) What is Thevenin’s equivalent resistance (in Ohms) for the power supply?

(b) (2 pts) What is the maximum power (in Watts) that can be dissipated by a load resistor connected
to this power supply?

3. Statistics: (5 pts) If the standard deviation σ of a series of dimensionless measurements is greater

than one, which will the variance be—smaller than σ or larger? Why?

4. Dimensionless numbers: (1 pt ea.) Identify the following by name and standard variable;
e.g., air speed/sound speed = U/a = Mach number, M .

(a) inertia/viscosity = ρU l/µ =

(b) pressure drop/dynamic pressure = (p − p∞ )/(ρU 2 /2) =
√
(c) inertia/gravity = U/ gL =
(d) viscous dissipation/thermal conduction = µcp /k =
(e) eddy frequency/air speed = f L/U =

5. Gasdynamics: For air (γ = 7/5) expanding through a choked converging-diverging nozzle:

(a) (5 pts) What is the ratio of the static temperature T ∗ at the nozzle throat to the stagnation
temperature T0 if the nozzle is adiabatic?

(b) (5 pts) What is the ratio of the static pressure p∗ at the nozzle throat to the stagnation pressure
p0 if the nozzle is isentropic?