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This document contains 13 problems related to aircraft flight conditions and aerodynamic calculations. The problems involve calculating density altitude, pressure altitude, temperature altitude, ambient pressure and density at altitude, speed of sound, ambient pressure from speed of sound and density, ambient temperature from speed of sound, speed of sound from pressure and density, Mach number from velocity and sea level conditions, velocity from Mach number and other conditions, Mach number from velocity and standard conditions, Reynolds number for an aircraft wing, and model scale velocity to match full scale Reynolds number.

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Module 2 Questions

This document contains 13 problems related to aircraft flight conditions and aerodynamic calculations. The problems involve calculating density altitude, pressure altitude, temperature altitude, ambient pressure and density at altitude, speed of sound, ambient pressure from speed of sound and density, ambient temperature from speed of sound, speed of sound from pressure and density, Mach number from velocity and sea level conditions, velocity from Mach number and other conditions, Mach number from velocity and standard conditions, Reynolds number for an aircraft wing, and model scale velocity to match full scale Reynolds number.

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1. An aircraft is flying at altitude where the temperature is 0.001569 slug/ft3.

What is
the density altitude?

2. An aircraft is flying at altitude where the pressure is 75000 Pa. What is the pressure
altitude?
3. The temperature, pressure, and density at which the aircraft is flying are 245 K,
95000 Pa, and 0.95 kg/m3. What is the temperature, pressure, and density
altitudes?
4. If the aircraft is flying at an altitude of 28 km, what is the ambient pressure and
density there? Assume specific gas constant is at standard condition.
5. The ambient temperature at which the aircraft is flying is 450 oR. Assume that the
air is at standard condition and k = 1.4, what is the speed of sound?

6. Compute for the ambient pressure if the values of the speed of sound and ambient
density are 1200 ft/s and 0.0025 slug/ft3, respectively. Assume R = 1716
ft.lb/slug.oR and k = 1.38.
7. The speed of sound at which an airplane is flying is 300 m/s. Compute for the
ambient temperature, if the specific gas constant is at standard condition and k is
equal to 1.39.

8. The pressure and density at an altitude are 1923 psf and 0.001723 slug/ft3,
respectively. Compute for the speed of sound, assuming specific gas constant is at
standard condition and k is 1.38.

9. An aircraft is flying with a velocity of 90 m/s. Compute for the Mach number, if the
pressure and density is at standard sea level condition. Assume R is at standard
condition and k = 1.4
10.The airplane is traveling at an altitude with a Mach number of 0.42. If the ambient
temperature is 550 oR, specific heat ratio is 1.38, and specific gas constant is 1716
ft.lb/slug. oR, what is the velocity of the airplane?

11.Compute for the Mach number of an aircraft flying with a velocity of 150 m/s, with
all aerodynamic quantities are at standard sea level condition. Assume the value of
the specific gas constant and specific heat ratio to be 287.08 J/kg.K and 1.39,
respectively.

12.Find the Reynolds Number for an airplane wing, 4 ft. chord, moving at 120mph
through standard atmosphere.
13.Compute for the velocity at which tests should be run on a model wing of 6 in chord
in order that the RN shall be the same for a wing with a 6 ft chord at 120 mph. Air
standard conditions in both cases.

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