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Code: 9A21502 III B.Tech I Semester (R09) Regular Examinations, November 2011 FLIGHT MECHANICS - I (Aeronautical Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) Describe with the help of sketch generic mission profile for transport aircraft. (b) Discuss with the help of diagrams how the lift coefficient and drag coefficient of a conventional airfoil vary with respect to Mach number explaining the changes in flow behaviour. (a) Discuss different types of drag that are relevant to performance studies of an airplane. (b) Explain minimum drag speed and minimum power speed and their importance in aircraft performance analysis. Explain the equations of motion for steady, level flight. Discuss conditions for minimum drag and power in level flight with the help of diagrams. Describe the phases of descending flight through a diagram and explain how approach distance, flare distance and ground roll are calculated. Describe with the help of diagrams the flight path and forces for an airplane in a level turn. Derive expressions for turn radius and turn rate in turning flight. (a) Discuss wing control and canard control missile configurations with the help of diagrams and explain their advantages and disadvantages. (b) Derive the expressions for rate of climb and time to climb for long-range cruise missiles. What is a sonic boom? Discuss its causes and how it can be avoided in supersonic flight. (a) Discuss with the help of sketches the following coordinate systems used in flight mechanics of an airplane: i) Body coordinate system. ii) Wind coordinate system. iii) Earth cantered inertial coordinate system. (b) Explain Euler angles and discuss how they are useful in describing the attitude of a flight vehicle. *****

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Code: 9A21502 III B.Tech I Semester (R09) Regular Examinations, November 2011 FLIGHT MECHANICS - I (Aeronautical Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) Describe with the help of sketch generic mission profile for fighter aircraft. (b) Discuss with the help of diagrams how the lift coefficient and drag coefficient of a conventional airfoil vary with respect to mach number explaining the changes in flow behaviour. (a) Discuss with the help of sketches different high lift devices used to achieve high maximum lift coefficient during take off and landing of an airplane. (b) Explain minimum drag speed and minimum power speed and their importance in aircraft performance analysis. (a) Define drag polar and describe how it is constructed. What is its importance in performance studies of an airplane? (b) Compare with the help of diagrams cruise and take-off drag breakdown for a generic subsonic transport and a generic supersonic transport. Explain the equations of motion of an aircraft in climbing flight. Derive expressions for climb angle and climb rate. Explain the process of take-off of an airplane with the help of a diagram and discuss how take-off distances are calculated. (a) Define energy height and derive expressions for specific energy and specific excess power. (b) Consider an airplane flying at an altitude of 9 km at a velocity of 240 meters/second. Calculate its energy height. (a) Discuss salient features of monowing, triform and cruciform wing arrangements used in missile configurations. (b) Describe boost-glide trajectory and discuss graphical solution of computing the range and velocity history of missiles employing this type of trajectory. Explain Euler angles, Coriolis acceleration, and moments of inertia and products of inertia and their role in flight dynamics of aerospace vehicles. *****

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Code: 9A21502 III B.Tech I Semester (R09) Regular Examinations, November 2011 FLIGHT MECHANICS - I (Aeronautical Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) Discuss with the help of diagrams how the lift coefficient and drag coefficient of a conventional airfoil vary with respect to mach number explaining the changes in flow behaviour. (b) Explain with the help of a diagram how lift coefficient varies with angle of attack. Compare lift curves of symmetric and cambered airfoils and explain the flow mechanism associated with stalling as the angle of attack is increased beyond maximum lift coefficient. Discuss with the help of a figure the drag rise in transonic region and the reasons for its rise. Explain super critical airfoil and area rule and discuss what they do for the drag rise in transonic flow. (a) What is endurance of an airplane? Derive expression to calculate endurance for propeller-driven airplanes and discuss the conditions for maximum endurance. (b) Derive range equation for propeller-driven airplanes. An airplane weighting 100,000 N is powered by an engine producing 20,000 N of thrust under sea level standard conditions. If the wing area be 25m2. Calculate (a) stalling speed at sea level and at 10 km altitude. (b) (C D /C L ) min, (C D /C L 3/2) min, T min, P min, V md and V mp under sea level conditions and (c) maximum and minimum speeds in steady level flight. Assume C Lmax = 1.5, C D =0.016+0.064 C L 2. Define limit load factor, Itimate load factor for an airplane. Discuss V-n diagram for a typical jet aircraft with the help of a schematic diagram. Discuss pull-up and pull-down maneuvers with the help of diagrams and derive expressions for instantaneous turn radius and instantaneous turn rate for these maneuvers. (a) Discuss salient features of monowing, triform and cruciform wing arrangements used in missile configurations. (b) Describe boost-glide trajectory and discuss graphical solution of computing the range and velocity history of missiles employing this type of trajectory. Derive equations of motion of an airplane assuming it as a rigid body. *****

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Code: 9A21502 III B.Tech I Semester (R09) Regular Examinations, November 2011 FLIGHT MECHANICS - I (Aeronautical Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) Describe general mission profile for transport aircraft and fighter aircraft. (b) Explain with the help of a diagram how lift coefficient varies with angle of attack. Compare lift curves of symmetric and cambered airfoils and explain the flow mechanism associated with stalling as the angle of attack is increased beyond maximum lift coefficient. (a) Discuss with the help of sketches different high lift devices used to achieve high maximum lift coefficient during take-off and landing of an airplane. (b) Explain minimum drag speed and minimum power speed and their importance in aircraft performance analysis. Describe the phases of descending flight through a diagram and explain how approach distance, flare distance and ground roll are calculated. Discuss the motion of an airplane in gliding flight and derive expressions for equilibrium glide angle equilibrium glide velocity and sink rate. Define limit load factor, ultimate load factor for an airplane. Discuss V-n diagram for a typical jet aircraft with the help of a schematic diagram. Discuss salient features of wing control, canard control and tail control missile configurations with the help of diagrams and explain their advantages and disadvantages. What is a sonic boom? Discuss its causes and how it can be avoided in supersonic flight. Explain Euler angles, Coriolis acceleration and moments of inertia and products of inertia and their role in flight dynamics of aerospace vehicles. *****