8.2 Aerodynamics
Quiz
- Bernoulli’s principle states that when a fluid (air) flowing through a tube reaches a constriction, or narrowing, of the tube, the speed of the fluid flowing through that constriction -------and its pressure ---------?
- increases, decreases
- decreases, increases
- increases, remains constant
- lift can be increased by ?
- increasing the angle of attack, wing area, velocity, density of the air
- changing the shape or size of the airfoil
- Both are Correct
- Angle of incidence is the angle between the chord line of the wing and ?
- the longitudinal axis of the aircraft
- the lateral axis of the aircraft
- the vertical axis of the aircraft
- Which of the following forces act on an aircraft in level flight ?
- Lift, drag, thrust
- Lift, thrust, and weight
- Lift, thrust, weight, and drag
- The CP moves ______ with increasing AOA and _______ as the AOA decreases ?
- Rearward, Forward
- Forward, Rearward
- Remains Constant
- The take off lift coefficient will be value ?
- from 5 to 25 percent at CL max%
- from 5 to 10 percent at CL max %
- from 90 to 65 percent at CL max %
- Ice commonly changes the shape of the ?
- airfoil
- boundary layer
- chord
- As air flows over the upper cambered surface of an aerofoil, what happens with velocity and pressure ?
- Velocity increases, pressure increases
- Velocity increases, pressure decreases
- Velocity decreases, pressure decreases
- The point of intersection of the resultant force line with the chord line of the airfoil is called the ?
- center of gravity(CG)
- angle of attack (AOA
- center of pressure (CP)
- A high aspect ratio wing will give ?
- low profile and low induced drag
- high profile and low induced drag
- low profile and high induced drag