Exercises Lecture 4

Pressure distributions and flow separation

Ir. Nando Timmer
Salomon Voorhoeve
Delft University of Technology

Kurush Pawar - CC - BY - SA 2.0

 AE1110x - Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering

Exercise 1
How is the pressure coecient dened?

Exercise 2
Why do we invert the Cp (y) axis in the pressure distribution plot?
A) Because the pressure spike is otherwise not clearly visible
B) Because otherwise the ow over the top side of the airfoil is at the bottom of the graph and
vice versa
C) To visualise any adverse pressure gradient
D) None of the above

Exercise 3
A Boeing 747 is ying at M = 0.7 at an altitude where the temperature is 223.15 K and the density
is 0.41268 kg/m3 . The pressure coecient on a point of the wing is -2.
Calculate the pressure (in [Pa]) at this point on the wing:

Exercise 4
Consider the following statements:
1) A laminar ow over a cylinder has a less negative value for the minimum pressure coecient
than an inviscid ow.
2) The drag due to friction is higher than the drag due to pressure.

Select the answer that matches:

A) Only statement 1 is true
B) Only statement 2 is true
C) Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true
D) Neither statement 1 nor statement 2 is true

Exercise 5
Which of the statements about turbulence is false?

A) We sometimes prefer turbulent boundary layers because they delay ow separation.
B) Turbulence can be calculated exactly from, for instance, the Navier-Stokes equations.
C) Turbulent boundary layers have more kinetic energy than laminar boundary layers.
D) We can force turbulent transition using, for instance, changes in surface roughness.

Exercise 6
What happens when we increase the Reynolds number? (Multiple answers may be correct)
A) The Cd decreases
B) Transition moves towards the trailing edge of the wing
C) The maximum lift coecient increases
D) The angle of attack for which the maximum lift coecient is reached, increases.

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