EAS 4101 - Aerodynamics Spring 2016

2/19/16, Exam 1
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I.

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TRUE/FALSE (2 points each)

1. A flow with a low Reynolds number is typically considered to be ideal (i.e. incompressible,
irrotational, and inviscid)
2. A source flow is a physically possible incompressible flow everywhere.
3. The velocity potential is only defined for irrotational flow.
4. Stokes Theorem states that the circulation of a vector around a curved surface is equal to the
flux of the curl of that vector over a surface.
5. Two flows are dynamically similar if and only if they are geometrically similar and have the
same similarity parameters (e.g. Reynolds number, Mach number, etc.)
6. Reynolds Transport Theory is used to transform from a Lagrangian to an Eulerian method of
description
7. The center of pressure is the pressure at the centroid of the surface.
= 0.
8. A flow is irrotational if
9. For a cambered airfoil Cl=0 when the angle of attack is zero.
10.The Kutta-Joukowski Theorem states that the lift per unit span is proportional to the
circulation.
II.

SHORT ANSWER (6 points each unless otherwise marked)

11. For the airfoil shown below,

Which letter identifies the Camber ____________________________

Which letter identifies the Chord Line ___________________________
Which letter identifies the Mean Camber Line ____________________________

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12. In ideal flow, it is common to employ superposition solutions of various individual solutions to
Laplaces equation in terms of the streamfunction and/or velocity potential. Is it also valid to
superimpose pressure fields of each individual solution? Please justify your answer mathematically
and/or physically.(4 points)

13. State the 2 methods (and their respective assumptions) discussed in class (and through homework) of
deriving Bernoullis equation.

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11. Show (step by step) that the inertial terms of the conservative form of the momentum

equation are equal to the density times the substantial derivative of the velocity, i.e., prove
the statement below

V V DV
Dt
t

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12. Consider the two dimensional velocity field where the x and y components of velocity are given by
u=3x and v=4y.
a. Show whether or not this velocity field satisfies the conservation of mass law for an
incompressible flow.
b. What is the x component of vorticity?

EAS 4101 - Aerodynamics Spring 2016

2/19/16, Exam 1
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Problem 1: (26 points total)

Consider the potential flow that results from the superposition of a line source of magnitude located at
the origin and a uniform flow of magnitude U in the x-direction. The superimposed fields streamline
patterns are shown below

The following velocity potentials maybe useful:

= cos , =
ln ,
2

,
2

cos
2

The continuity equation in cylindrical coordinates is

The velocity field is related to the stream function and velocity potential by:

Find:
a) Determine the velocity field and the position (r,) of the stagnation point.
b) Determine the equation for the dividing streamline in cylindrical coordinates.
c) In terms of scalar quantities, write an equation that could be used to evaluate the pressure at any
location on the dividing streamline.
d) Determine the pressure coefficient along the dividing streamline.

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Problem 1 continued:

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Problem 2: (26 points total)

Given: Consider an incompressible flow around a semicylinder, as shown below. Assume that
the velocity distribution for the windward surface of the cylinder (left side in picture below) is
given by the inviscid solution,
= 2 sin

Pcorner

Pbase=Pcorner
Pcorner
Find: The lift and drag coefficients if the base pressure (i.e., the pressure all the way along the
flat surface) is equal to the pressure at the separation point, Pcorner. You may need the trig
integral 2 =

1
3

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Problem 2 continued:

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