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Unit 3 - Week 1

Course
outline Assignment 1: Introduction to
How to access
the portal?
International Standard Atmosphere
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed. Due on 2019-08-14, 23:59 IST.
Preliminaries for As per our records you have not submitted this assignment.
the Course
The following questions may have more than one correct answers. Read and analyse the question
Week 1 carefully before selecting the answer (s).
Marks will be awarded only if all the correct answers are selected.
Lecture 1 : No partial marks will be awarded.
Course Layout Radius of Earth=6360 km
and Brief
Air Density at Sea Level= 1.225 kg/m3
Introduction of
Universal Gas Constant for air, R=287 J/kg
Course
Instructor (unit? Acceleration due to gravity, g=9.8 m/s2
unit=10&lesson=11)

Lecture 2 :
1) Which sequence(s) of atmospheric layers is/are correctly arranged in the 1 point
Introduction to
International increasing order of their altitude?
Standard
Atmosphere Stratosphere < Thermosphere < Mesosphere < Ionosphere
(ISA) (unit?
unit=10&lesson=12)
Troposphere < Mesosphere < Stratosphere < Ionosphere
Lecture 3 :
Pressure, Troposphere < Thermosphere < Stratosphere < Ionosphere
Temperature,
Density and
Viscosity Troposphere < Stratosphere < Ionosphere < Exosphere
Variation with
No, the answer is incorrect.
Altitude in ISA Score: 0

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(unit? Accepted Answers:

unit=10&lesson=13) Troposphere < Stratosphere < Ionosphere < Exosphere
Lecture 4 : 2) In which layer(s) of the atmosphere do most of the commercial aircraft fly? 1 point
Other Standard
Atmospheres
(unit? Troposphere
unit=10&lesson=14)

Quiz : Stratosphere
Assignment 1:
Introduction to
International Mesosphere
Standard Thermosphere
Atmosphere
(assessment? No, the answer is incorrect.
name=89)
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Assignment 1 Troposphere
Solutions (unit?
unit=10&lesson=97) 3) Which of the following is/are the objective(s) of defining the International 1 point
Standard Atmosphere (ISA)?
Weekly
Feedback (unit?
unit=10&lesson=114)
Simulation and analysis of aerospace vehicles
Weather forecast
Week 2 Determination of performance of aerospace vehicles
Turbulence modelling
Week 3
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Week 4
Accepted Answers:
Simulation and analysis of aerospace vehicles
Week 5
Determination of performance of aerospace vehicles
Week 6 4) What happens to temperature as altitude increases from 27 km to 45 km? 1 point

Week 7 It increases upto 40 km and then decreases.

It increases.
Week 8
It decreases.
Week 9 It decreases upto 40 km and then increases.
Week 10 No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Week 11 It increases.
Week 12 5) Which of the following term(s) define(s) the True Altitude appropriately? 1 point

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Altitude from the surface of the earth
Altitude from the centre of the earth
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Altitude from the mean sea level
Altitude as shown on the altimeter on the aircraft
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Altitude from the mean sea level

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6) Whichof the following appropriately describe(s) the temperature variation 1 point

in the Mesosphere as per the ISA?

Temperature decreases as the altitude increases

Temperature decreases until a certain altitude then increases.
Temperature increases as the altitude increases.
Temperature increases till a certain altitude and then decreases.
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Temperature decreases as the altitude increases
7) Which of the following altitude(s) is/are only relevant for Space vehicles ? 1 point

True Altitude
Absolute Altitude
Pressure Altitude
Geopotential Altitude
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Geopotential Altitude
8) Which of the following describe(s) the density variation in gradient layers 0 points
of ISA?

𝑔
0
𝜌 − (ℎ2 −ℎ1 )
1
= 𝑒( 𝑅𝑇 )
𝜌
2

𝑔
0
− +1
𝜌 𝑇1 ( 𝐿𝑅 )
1
= ( )
𝜌 𝑇2
2

𝑔
0
−
𝜌 𝑇1 ( 𝐿𝑅 )
1
= ( )
𝜌 𝑇2
2

𝑔
0
+1
𝜌 𝑇2 ( 𝐿𝑅 )
1
= ( )
𝜌 𝑇1
2

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
𝑔
0
− +1
𝜌 𝑇1 ( 𝐿𝑅 )
1
= ( )
𝜌 𝑇2
2

9) What is the density of ambient air at a geometric altitude of 28 km? 1 point

1.216 x 10−2
4.062 x 10−2
2.466 x 10−2
1.304 x 10−2
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:

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2.466 x 10−2
10)At
which of the following geometric altitude (s) does the difference h-hG 1 point
equals to 3% of the geopotential altitude h?

192 km

150 km

206 km
180 km
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
192 km

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