Aerospace Engineering
GATE AE branch:ae PYQs
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Question 26
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Matrix
and vector
are given. If vector
is the solution to the system of equations
, which of the following is true for
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Let matrix
. Then for any non-trivial vector
, which of the following is true for the value of
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Consider the initial value problem:
If
and
are the Laplace transforms of
and
respectively, then
is given by:Your answerChoose one option.
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Let
denote the displacement of a point on a rod. The displacement satisfies the following equation of motion:
with
,
;
,
. The value of
is ________ (in three decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The equation
has a solution
that is:Your answerChoose one option.
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Consider a straight wing with rectangular planform of aspect ratio 10 and with a NACA 0012 airfoil. The span effectiveness factor for this wing is 0.95. Assume the flow to be incompressible and governed by thin airfoil theory. The lift coefficient of this wing, at an angle of attack of 6 deg, is _________ (in three decimal places).
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Consider an incompressible flow over a flat plate with the following approximation to the velocity profile:
where
is the boundary layer thickness and
the free-stream speed. The normalized momentum thickness
for this profile is ____________ (in three decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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An idealized velocity field is given by
. At point (-1,1,0) and at t = 1, the magnitude of the material acceleration vector of the fluid element is _______________Log in to check the answer
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A trace from the schlieren photograph of the flow around a corner reveals the edges of the expansion fan as shown below. The leading and trailing edges of the expansion fan make the angles as shown. Assuming
, the angle of the expansion fan (in degrees) is _________ (in two decimal places)Prandtl Meyer function is given by

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A strong normal shock wave, with a pressure ratio of 29 across it, is travelling into stationary air (
) at T = 280 K in a straight duct (see figure). The magnitude of the velocity of the air induced behind the shock wave is ____________ m/s. (round to nearest integer)(Gas constant = 287 J/kg.K; Shock wave relations:
Pressure ratio:
; Density ratio:
)
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