Aerospace Engineering
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Question 16
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Three long and slender aluminum bars of identical length are subjected to an axial tensile force. These bars have circular, triangular and rectangular cross sections, with same cross sectional area. If they yield at
,
and
, respectively, which one of the following is true?Your answerChoose one option.
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The positive high angle-of-attack condition is obtained in a steady pull-out maneuver at the largest permissible angle-of-attack of the wing. Under this condition, at which of the following regions of the wing does the maximum tension occur?

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The natural frequency of the first mode of a rectangular cross section cantilever aluminum beam is
rad/s. If the material and cross-section remain the same, but the length of the beam is doubled, the first mode frequency will becomeYour answerChoose one option.
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Given
, the sum of squares of eigenvalues of
isYour answerChoose one option.
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The equation
, where
is a constant, represents a family ofYour answerChoose one option.
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A wedge shaped airfoil is placed in a supersonic flow as shown in the figure (not to scale). The corners of the wedge are at
,
,
, respectively. Which one of the following represents the correct static pressure profiles along
and
? 
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The value of Poisson’s ratio at which the shear modulus of an isotropic material is equal to the bulk modulus is
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A load
is applied to the free end of a stepped cantilever beam as shown in the figure. The Young’s modulus of the material is
, and the moments of inertia of the two sections of length 2 m and 1 m are
and
, respectively. Ignoring transverse shear and stress concentration effects, the deflection at the point where the load is applied at the free end of the cantilever is 
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The three dimensional strain-stress relation for an isotropic material, written in a general matrix form, is
,
and
are compliances which depend on the elastic properties of the material. Which one of the following is correct?Your answerChoose one option.
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For three different airplanes A, B and C, the yawing moment coefficient (
) was measured in a wind-tunnel for three settings of sideslip angle
and tabulated as:Sideslip angle | Airplane A | Airplane B | Airplane C |
|---|---|---|---|
deg | -0.030 | -0.025 | 0.040 |
deg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
deg | 0.030 | 0.025 | -0.040 |
Which one of the following statements is true regarding directional static stability of the airplanes A, B and C?
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