EXPERIMENTAL PROBLEM SOLVE

An Aircraft Propeller as the following air condition wind spam 10.912m, wing area
16.165𝑚2 Gross Weight of 13127.5𝑁. Fuel capacity 65 Gallons of aviation fuel.
Power plant piston engine of 230𝐻𝑃 at sea level Parasite Drag co-efficient 0.025
Oswald efficient 0.8 propeller efficiency 0.8. Plot 𝑇𝑅 v/s 𝑉∞ for the velocity.
Given
b = 10.916m
s = 16.165m2
w = 13127.5N
𝐶𝐷𝑂 = 0.025
e = 0.8
𝜂 = 0.8
Aircraft flying at sea level.
𝜌∞ = 1.225𝑘𝑔𝑚−3
Aspect ratio
𝑏 2 (10.912)2
𝐴𝑅 = = = 7.367
𝑆 16.162
1
𝐾= = 0.054
𝑒𝜋𝐴𝑅

Model Calculation:
𝟐𝑾 𝟐 × 𝟏𝟑𝟏𝟐𝟕. 𝟓
𝑪𝑳 = =
𝝆∞ 𝑽𝟐∞ 𝑺 𝑽𝟐∞ × 𝟏. 𝟐𝟐𝟓 × 𝟏𝟔. 𝟏𝟔𝟓
𝑪𝑫 = 𝑪𝑫𝑶 + 𝑲𝑪𝟐𝑳 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟐𝟓 + (𝟎. 𝟎𝟓𝟒 × 𝑪𝟐𝑳 )
𝑾 𝟏𝟑𝟏𝟐𝟕. 𝟓
𝑻𝑹 = =
𝑪𝑳 𝑪𝑳
𝑪𝑫 𝑪𝑫
TABULAR COLUMN:
𝑉∞ 𝐶𝐿 𝐶𝐷 𝑇𝑅
L/D
30.48 1.4272 0.135 10.573 1241.6
45.72 0.6343 0.0467 13.575 967.05
60.96 0.3568 0.0319 11.194 1172.8
91.42 0.1586 0.0264 6.0185 2181.2
106.68 0.1165 0.0257 4.5274 2899.6

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