Suggested problems from Bertin’s – Part 1

Name: ID Number:

Chapter 1 – Introduction
P1.1-1.5, 1.21, 5.3, 5.9, 5.12-5.13

Chapter 2 – Review of fluid mechanics

P2.5-2.6, 2.12-2.13, 2.20, 2.30-2.33

Chapter 3 – Inviscid incompressible flows

P3.5-3.6, 3.9-3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.20, 3.22-3.23, 3.26-3.30, 3.33, 3.37-3.38, 3.50

Chapter 4 – Viscous boundary layers

P4.1, 4.8, 4.11, 4.14, 4.20, the modified version of problem 7.4 in Moran, J., 2003, An
Introduction to Theoretical and Computational Aerodynamics, Dover:
An inviscid flow velocity distribution outside a laminar boundary layers over
m
wedges is given as u ( x ) = U ⎛ x ⎞ , where L is the length of the wedges and m
e ∞⎜ ⎟
⎝L⎠
are related to wedge angle of βπ/2 by β=2m/(m+1). In this problem, only -0.09
< m < 4.0 will be considered.
a) Which ranges of m do produce favourable and adverse pressure gradient
effect?
b) Use Thwaite’s method to find Reθ , H , Re c .
x f
Re x

01215242 Low-Speed Aerodynamics

Year 2011, Semester 2