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Model Solutions To Tutorial Sheet 1 - Transliteration of Hand-Written Notes!

This document discusses different types of fluid flows and whether they are steady or unsteady. It provides examples of airflow over aircraft wings and fuselage as well as flow in rivers and from taps. Flow over aircraft wings is mainly two-dimensional while flow over the fuselage is three-dimensional. River flow near the ends of a weir is three-dimensional while central flow can be regarded as steady over one hour. Low flow from a tap is a steady laminar ribbon while higher flow is an unsteady turbulent jet.

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Model Solutions To Tutorial Sheet 1 - Transliteration of Hand-Written Notes!

This document discusses different types of fluid flows and whether they are steady or unsteady. It provides examples of airflow over aircraft wings and fuselage as well as flow in rivers and from taps. Flow over aircraft wings is mainly two-dimensional while flow over the fuselage is three-dimensional. River flow near the ends of a weir is three-dimensional while central flow can be regarded as steady over one hour. Low flow from a tap is a steady laminar ribbon while higher flow is an unsteady turbulent jet.

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Model Solutions to Tutorial Sheet 1 Transliteration of Hand-written Notes!

Q1 For discussion only following notes apply


(a) At constant speed there is no change with time of the oncoming airflow relative to the
aircraft structure. The flow field is therefore time-independent (i.e. steady). However
there may be turbulent regions near parts of the airframe where flow separation has taken
place (eg. In the wake behind the wings)turbulent regions are time dependant (hence
unsteady).
Flow past the wing sections is principally (and ideally) two dimensional - over parts such
as the fuselage it is clearly three-dimensional.
(b) Flow is mainly two dimensional in the central part of the weir but near to its ends (the
piers it is clearly three-dimensional.
For one hour on a particular day, the flow can be regarded as steady changes with time
(such as variations in river depth) occur over much longer time scales.
(c) Low flow rate: a laminar ribbon of water comes out of the tap. Laminar is steady
because the geometry of the ribbon does not change and there are no fluctuations.
Higher flow rate: jet of water is turbulent therefore flow is unsteady.
Both are three-dimensional flows (but the laminar has axi-symmetry)

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