Exam Details

Subject Aerodynamics- I
Paper
Exam / Course B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering (BTAE)
Department School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

How are the boundary conditions and initial conditions applied to nozzle flow?

Explain the 'over a body. steady boundary layer flows

Differentiate between compressible and incompressible flows.

Derive the momentum equation for 2-D subsonic and supersonic flow through a C-D nozzle.

Draw the propagation of disturbance waves for subsonic and supersonic conditions.

Draw the pitching moment curve for supersonic profiles. How do pitching moment and centre of pressure vary with angle of attack for a supersonic profile?

4. Answer any five of the following questions in brief:

Distinguish between Real and Ideal fluid.

What is conformal transformation?

State the condition for irrotationality of flow.

Enumerate the application of thin airfoil theory.

State Kutta-Joukowski theorem.

Define doublet. Draw its streamline.

What is meant by Washin and Washout for wings?

Explain starting vortex.

Derive the fundamental equation for thin airfoil theory and give the assumptions that are made in the airfoil theory.

Define angular velocity, strain rate and vorticity of a fluid element.

Explain the types of drag produced due to the effects of viscosity. Derive Navier-Stokes equations for an unsteady, compressible three-dimensional viscous flow.

How are streamlines and equipotential lines related to each other?

Derive continuity equation in 3D Cartesian coordinates.

Draw a neat sketch of a hypersonic wind tunnel circuit and explain the function of each component.

Derive the expressions for stream function and velocity potential function. Explain source, sink, free and forced vortex with neat sketches.

What is the principle of operation of a typical shock tunnel?

9. Write short notes on any two of the following:

Wake

Centre of Pressure

Stall Condition

Velocity Potential


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Aerodynamics- I
  • Aerodynamics- II
  • Aircraft Design/Launch Vehicle/ Rocket Design
  • Aircraft Instruments
  • Aircraft Safety and Maintenance Engineering
  • Aircraft Structures
  • Aircraft Systems And Airworthiness Requirements
  • Applied Chemistry
  • Applied Physics
  • Basic Control Theory
  • CNS-ATM system
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Fundamentals
  • Engineering Drawing
  • Environmental Science
  • Flight Mechanics
  • High Speed Aerodynamics
  • Instruction To Computer Play Device
  • Introduction to Aeronautics
  • Introduction To Rocket And Missiles
  • Mechanics Design
  • Propulsion- I
  • Propulsion- II
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Space Dynamics
  • Strength of Materials
  • Technical Writing and Communication Skills
  • Workshop Technology