Sub: Aerodynamics-I Faculty In-charge: Shiva U.

Assignment -2
Submission date: 25 Feb 2020

Short Answer Questions:-

1. Define Large Reynolds Number flows.

2. Define Angular velocity, vorticity and circulation.
3. Write the velocity potential and stream functions in Cartesian and polar coordinates.
4. What are boundary conditions to be applied over a wall and at infinity?
5. List the elementary flows in aerodynamics.
6. Magnus effect creates the aerodynamic forces over spinning bodies. Justify the statement.
7. Write the kutta conditions for a flow over an airfoil.
8. Define circulation and vortex flows?
9. State kelvins theorem and Kutta – Joukowski theorem.
10. What is D’Alembert Paradox?
11. Define Aerodynamic Center and Center of Pressure.
12. Define doublet.
13. Consider an airfoil in a flow with a free stream velocity of 150 ft/s. The velocity at a
given point on the airfoil is 225 ft/s. Calculate the pressure coefficient at this point.
14. Consider the vortex flow discussed in this section. Imagine that you are standing at a
location 20 feet from the center of the vortex, and you are feeling a 100 mi/h wind. What
is the strength of the vortex?
15. What are all the assumptions made in thin airfoil theory?

Long Answer Questions:-

1. Discuss about the Prandtl hypothesis with the help of neat sketches and justify the
inviscid flow analysis.
2. Derive an expression for angular velocity ad state the conditions.
3. Derive the equation for non-lifting flow over circular cylinder and plot the variation of
pressure over the cylinder.
4. Derive the equation for lifting flow over a cylinder and draw the flow field around it for
different value of circulation.
5. Consider the velocity field given by u = y/(x2 + y2) and v = −x/(x2 + y2). Calculate the
equation of the streamline passing through the point (0, 5).
6. Consider the Non-lifting flow over a circular cylinder. Calculate the locations on the
surface of the cylinder where the surface pressure decreases.
 7. Consider the lifting flow over a circular cylinder with a given radius and circulation. If
Vα is doubled, keeping the circulation the same, does the shape of the streamlines
change? Explain.
8. Sketch the flow pattern over an aerofoil for  < kutta;  = kutta and  > kutta; where 
denotes the circualtion over the airfoil.
9. Derive the velocity potential for a doublet.
10. Derive the velocity potential function for source and sink flows.
11. Illustrate the combination of a uniform flow with source and sink pair.
12. Derive the fundamental equation of thin airfoil theory.
13. Consider a thin flat plate at 5 deg. angle of attack. Calculate the: (a) lift coefficient, (b)
moment coefficient about the leading edge, (c) moment coefficient about the quarter
chord point, and (d) moment coefficient about the trailing edge.
14. What is a rankine oval? What combination of flows is required to obtain the rankine
oval?

Note :

1. Assignment should be hand written in long note book.

2. Should be submitted before due date, if not daily wise marks will be deducted out of score
marks.
3. Question should be written with red ink and answer with blue or black pen.
4. Figures or diagrams if any should be neatly drawn with pencil and labelled.

OR
1. Demonstrate your skill using “XFLR5” free numerical tool for
two dimensional inviscid and incompressible flows over airfoil
based on the conditions given in class.