EXCEL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

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Aeronautical Engineering
Fourth Semester
20AE503- Compressible Flow Aerodynamics
Regulations 2020
Question Bank
UNIT – III Expansion Waves and Method of Characteristics

PART- A
Q.No Questions Marks CO BL

1 Write down the interaction and refection of shock waves. 2 CO3 R

2 What is Incident shock? 2 CO3 R

3 What is meant by attached and detached shocks? 2 CO3 R

4 Define Reflected shock. 2 CO3 R

5 State the Mach Reflection. 2 CO3 R

6 Write the shock expansion theory. 2 CO3 R

7 Define pressure coefficient. 2 CO3 R

8 What is Ackeret’s theory? 2 CO3 R

9 State Prandtl–Meyer Expansion. 2 CO3 R

10 Write the Prandtl–Meyer Function. 2 CO3 R

A Mach 2 air stream passes over a 10∘ expansion corner. Find the Mach number of the
11 2 CO3 R
flow downstream of the expansion fan. (Isentropic expansion).

12 Define detached shock. 2 CO3 R

13 Write the equation of Prandtl–Meyer Function. 2 CO3 R

A Mach 2 air stream passes over a 10∘ isentropic compression corner. Find the
14 2 CO3 R
downstream Mach number of the flow following the 10∘ turn. (Isentropic compression).

15 Define fanno flow. 2 CO3 R

16 State Method of Characteristics. 2 CO3 U

17 Write the supersonic nozzle. 2 CO3 R

18 Define Rayleigh flow. 2 CO3 U

19 What is friction coefficient? 2 CO3 R

 20 Write the Rayleigh line relation equation. 2 CO3 R

PART- B
Q.No Questions Marks CO BL

1 Derive – Prandtl–Meyer Expansion. 16 CO3 AP

2 Explain the procedure to be followed for the design of a supersonic nozzle using method of
16 CO3 AP
characteristics.

3 An oblique from a wedge in a Mach 2 air stream is reflected from a flat surface. If the flow
turning caused by the shock is 11∘, determine (a) the wave angle of the reflected shock, 16 CO3 AP
(b) the Mach number downstream of the reflected shock, and (c) the strength of reflection.

4 Explain why shocks cannot occur in subsonic flows. 16 CO3 AP

5 A flat plate is kept at 15∘ angle of attack to a Mach 2.4 air stream, as shown in Figure.
Solve the flow field around the plate and determine the inclination of slipstream to the
freestream direction using shock-expansion theory.

16 CO3 AP

6 For the flow over the half-diamond wedge shown in Figure, find the inclinations of shocks 16 CO3
and expansion waves and the pressure coefficient over the wedge surfaces 2 and 3.

AP

7 A Mach 4.0 air stream at 105 Pa is turned abruptly by a wall into the flow with a turning 16 CO3 AP
angle of 20∘, as shown in Figure. If the shock is reflected by another wall, determine the
Mach number and pressure downstream of the reflected shock.
 8 Derive the concept of Prandtle-Meyer expansion waves. 16 CO3 AP

9 Explain briefly Fanno Flow and Rayleigh Flow with curve. 16 CO3 AP

10 Explicate the Reflection and interaction of shocks and expansion waves. 16 CO3 U

(Note:*Blooms Level (R – Remember, U – Understand, AP – Apply, AZ – Analyze, E – Evaluate, C – Create))

PART A- Blooms Level: Remember, Understand, Apply
PART B- Blooms Level: Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate (if possible)
(Marks: 16 Marks, 8+8 Marks, 10+6 Marks)

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