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The document is an exam question paper for an aerodynamics course. It contains multiple choice and numerical questions testing students' knowledge of topics like fluid dynamics, thin airfoil theory, vortex flow, and boundary layer concepts. It aims to evaluate students' understanding of fundamental aerodynamic principles and their application to problems involving airfoil design and flow past bluff bodies.

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Question Paper Code:: Anna University, Polytechnic & Schools

The document is an exam question paper for an aerodynamics course. It contains multiple choice and numerical questions testing students' knowledge of topics like fluid dynamics, thin airfoil theory, vortex flow, and boundary layer concepts. It aims to evaluate students' understanding of fundamental aerodynamic principles and their application to problems involving airfoil design and flow past bluff bodies.

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Question Paper Code : 40051

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021.

Fourth Semester

Aeronautical Engineering

AE 8401 – AERODYNAMICS- I

(Regulations 2017)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks


Answer ALL questions.

PART A — (10  2 = 20 marks)

1. What is meant by barotropic flow?

2. Give the differences between free and forced vortex.

3.

4.
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What is meant by Magnus effect?

Define the Kutta condition with the help of a diagram.

5. What is conformal transformation? How it is useful for aerodynamic studies?

6. What are the basic assumptions made in thin airfoil theory?

7. Define wash in and wash out.

8. What is meant by horse shoe vortex?

9. What are the characteristics that encourages the transition of flow from
laminar to turbulent?

10. Define shape factor.

PART B — (5  13 = 65 marks)

11. (a) Derive the 3-D momentum equations for incompressible flows and also
deduce the steady Euler equations.
Or

(b) Obtain the stagnation points for the flow over a non-lifting circular
cylinder by combining elementary flows.

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12. (a) State and Prove Kutta-Joukowski theorem.

Or

(b) (i) With aid of suitable sketches, explain the ideal and real flow over
circular cylinder. (7)

(ii) Explain in brief about D'Alembert Paradox and Magnus effect.


(6)

13. (a) (i) Arrive at Cauchy- Riemann relations using complex potential.
(8)

(ii) What is meant by thin aerofoil theory and what are its
applications? (5)

Or

(b) By using Kutta-Joukowski transformation, transform a circle into


cambered aerofoil profile and also find the thickness to chord ratio.

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(i) State and Prove Biot-Savart Law. (7)

(ii) Explain in brief about induced drag and downwash. (6)

Or

(b) Derive the fundamental equation of Prandtl's lifting line theory. Also
state its limitations.

15. (a) With neat illustrations, define and derive expressions for displacement
thickness and momentum thickness.

Or

(b) Arrive at the Blasius solution for an incompressible flow over a flat plate
at zero angle of attack. Also give the expression for local skin friction
coefficient, boundary layer thickness, displacement thickness and
momentum thickness for an incompressible flow over a flat plate.

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PART C — (1  15 = 15 marks)

16. (a) (i) The velocity potential of a free stream is given by 1  5x and for a
x
doublet is 2  5 2 (8)
x  y2
(1) Write the velocity potential for the combined doublet and free
stream.
(2) Calculate the velocity distribution that is due to this velocity
potential.
(3) Find the stagnation points along the x axis.
(4) What kind of flow is described by  ?
(ii) The velocity potential for an ideal fluid flowing around a long
B 
cylinder is given by   Ar  cos    . The cylinder has a
r 
radius R and is placed in a uniform flow of velocity which
affects the velocity near to the cylinder. Determine the
constants A & B and determine where the maximum velocity
occurs. (7)

Or
(b) 
A thin airfoil has a cubic camber line defined by z  kc x 3  3x 2  2x in
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Cartesian set of axis system with its origin at the leading edge. Its
maximum camber is 2% of the chord. Determine C1 and Cm, C/4 at 5°
incidence. (15)

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