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This document contains 5 homework problems related to aerodynamics and aeroelasticity: 1. Apply the momentum equation to determine the drag of an airfoil, and explain how to calculate lift using momentum. 2. Calculate the coefficient of skin friction for laminar flow over a flat plate. 3. Given lift and moment coefficients, calculate the center of pressure location for a NACA 4412 airfoil. 4. Calculate lift per unit span and center of pressure location for a DC3 airfoil using given moment values. 5. Calculate the center of pressure location for a supersonic flat plate with constant upper and lower surface pressures.

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Homework 1

This document contains 5 homework problems related to aerodynamics and aeroelasticity: 1. Apply the momentum equation to determine the drag of an airfoil, and explain how to calculate lift using momentum. 2. Calculate the coefficient of skin friction for laminar flow over a flat plate. 3. Given lift and moment coefficients, calculate the center of pressure location for a NACA 4412 airfoil. 4. Calculate lift per unit span and center of pressure location for a DC3 airfoil using given moment values. 5. Calculate the center of pressure location for a supersonic flat plate with constant upper and lower surface pressures.

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Universidad Europea de Madrid

Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity

Homework 1

Jan. 31th 2017


Problem 1

Part 1: Apply the momentum equation to determine the drag of the airfoil that is shown
in below figure. Consider the control volume abcdefghia the width of the control volume
in direction of z is unity. Stations 1 and 2 are inflow and outflow respectively. Assume
that the contour abhi is far enough from the airfoil such that the pressure is everywhere
the same on abhi and equal to the freestream pressure P∞ .State your assumptions.

Part 2: Explain. How do you calculate the lift force on the airfoil by using the
momentum equation?

Problem 2

Consider an incompressible flow, laminar boundary layer growing along the surface flat
plate with chord of length C. Assuming velocity profile through the boundary layer is
given by:

𝑦 1/5
𝑢 = 𝑣∞ ( )
𝛿

Calculate the coefficient of skin friction. Hint use the expression of Drag obtained in
problem 2 part 1.

Problem 3

In low speed and incompressible flow, we measure a NACA 4412 profile with an angle
of attack of 4, and we obtain: cl=0.85 Cm c/4=-0.09. Calculate the location of the center
of pressure.
Problem 4

Consider the DC3, Just outboard of the engine nacelle, the airfoil chord length is 4.6m.
At cruising velocity 300km/h at sea level, the moment per unit span at this airfoil
location is M´(c/4) = -4850N.m/m and M´LE =-14550N.m/m . Calculate the lift per unit
span and the location of the center of pressure.

Problem 5

Consider an infinitely thin flat plate of chord c at an angle of attack α in a supersonic


flow. The pressures on the upper and lower surfaces are different but constant over
each surface; i.e., Pu(s) = c1 and pl (s) = c2 , where c1 and c2 are constants and c2 >
c 1. Ignoring the shear stress, calculate the location of the center of pressure.

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