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Midterm 16

The document is a mid-term exam for an Aerodynamics course at Konkuk University, dated Spring 2016. It includes four main problems related to airfoil forces, velocity fields, propeller-driven airplane performance, and lifting flow over a circular cylinder, each requiring calculations and derivations. The exam tests knowledge on lift and drag coefficients, stream functions, power requirements, and circulation in fluid dynamics.

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Midterm 16

The document is a mid-term exam for an Aerodynamics course at Konkuk University, dated Spring 2016. It includes four main problems related to airfoil forces, velocity fields, propeller-driven airplane performance, and lifting flow over a circular cylinder, each requiring calculations and derivations. The exam tests knowledge on lift and drag coefficients, stream functions, power requirements, and circulation in fluid dynamics.

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Aerodynamics, Spring 2016

Konkuk University

Mid-Term Exam

1. [20 points] Consider an airfoil at 12° angle of attack. The lift and
drag coefficients are 1.2 and 0.03, respectively. Calculate the normal
and axial force coefficients.

2. [25 points] Consider a velocity field where the x and y components


of velocity are given by    and    , where c is a constant.
Assume the velocity field pertains to an incompressible flow.

a) Calculate the stream function and velocity potential.


b) Obtain the equations of the streamlines.
c) Show whether this flow is irrotational.
d) Show the streamlines are perpendicular to equipotential lines.

3. [25 points] Consider a light, propeller-driven airplane. The airplane


weight is 12,000 N and the wing reference area is 20.0 m2. The drag
coefficient of the airplane CD is a function of the lift coefficient CL; this
function for the given airplane is CD=0.025+0.054(CL)2.

a) For steady, level flight, where the ambient atmospheric density is 1.2
kg/m3, plot on a graph the variation of CL, CD, and the lift-to-drag
ratio L/D with flight velocity ranging between 20 and 70 m/s.

b) Obtain the required power with the flight velocity to plot the variation
of the required power.
4. [30 points] Consider the lifting flow over a circular cylinder with a
diameter R=0.5 m. The freestream velocity is  ∞ =25 m/s. Assume the
density ∞   kg/m3.
a) Derive the velocity potential for this flow to solve the following
problems.

b) The maximum velocity on the surface of the cylinder is 75 m/s.


Obtain the circulation(or vortex strength) for this flow and calculate the
lift per unit span on the cylinder.

c) Calculate the location of the stagnation points.

d) Calculate the points on the cylinder where the pressure equals


freestream static pressure.

Good Luck!

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