Assignment 1

Question 1

Explain what you understand by boundary layer thickness and displacement thickness.

Question 2

The velocity distribution in the boundary layer is given by ( ) , calculate as follows:

(a) displacement thickness,

(b) momentum thickness,
(c) shape factor, and
(d) energy thickness

Question 3

Determine the */ and / for below mentioned velocity distribution.

( )

Question 4

Let us find out boundary layer thickness, , shear stress , local co-efficient of drag ,
friction drag coefficient for following velocity distribution in the laminar boundary layer:

( ) ( )

Question 5
A small flight with wing area 20m2 and weigh 9 kN has lift coefficient 0.4 and drag
coefficient 0.05. Calculate the required power for the flight to fly with constant speed.