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Ae 445 HW8

The document contains 5 homework problems about fluid mechanics concepts like pressure coefficients on wings in wind tunnels, lift coefficients on airfoils, and drag calculations for supersonic flight. The problems involve calculating pressure coefficients for different wing velocities and temperatures in a wind tunnel, lift coefficient for an airfoil at a given angle of attack and Mach number, distance for a shock wave to impinge from the nose of a supersonic missile, and estimating wave drag on the wings of a fighter jet flying at transonic speeds.

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Ae 445 HW8

The document contains 5 homework problems about fluid mechanics concepts like pressure coefficients on wings in wind tunnels, lift coefficients on airfoils, and drag calculations for supersonic flight. The problems involve calculating pressure coefficients for different wing velocities and temperatures in a wind tunnel, lift coefficient for an airfoil at a given angle of attack and Mach number, distance for a shock wave to impinge from the nose of a supersonic missile, and estimating wave drag on the wings of a fighter jet flying at transonic speeds.

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HW 

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Monday, April 19, 2021 11:16 AM

5.9 Consider a wing mounted in the test‐section of a subsonic wind tunnel. The velocity of the airflow is 160 ft/s. If 
the velocity at a point on the wing is 195 ft/s, what is the pressure coefficient at this point?

5.10 Consider the same wing in the same wind tunnel as in Prob. 5.9. If the test‐section air temperature is 510°R 
and the flow velocity is increased to 700 ft/s, what is the pressure coefficient at the same point?

5.13 Consider an NACA 1412 airfoil at an angle of attack of 4°. If the free‐stream Mach number is 0.8, calculate the 
lift coefficient.

5.18 Consider a supersonic missile flying at Mach 2.5 at an altitude of 10 km (see Fig. P5.18). Assume that the 
angle of the shock wave from the nose is approximated by the Mach angle (this is a very weak shock). How far 
behind the nose of the vehicle will the shock wave impinge upon the ground? (Ignore the fact that the speed of 
sound, and hence the Mach angle, changes with altitude.)

5.19 The wing area of the Lockheed F‐104 straight‐wing supersonic fighter is approximately 210 ft2. If the airplane 
weighs 16,000 lb and is flying in level flight at Mach 2.2 at a standard altitude of 36,000 ft, estimate the wave drag 
on the wings. 

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