Aerospace Engineering
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Question 11
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The equation of the straight line representing the tangent to the curve
at the point
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Let
,
, and
be the unit vectors in the x, y and z directions, respectively. If the vector
is rotated about positive
by
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Let
be a real number and
. Then the real part of
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The point of maximum entropy on a Fanno-curve in a Temperature-Entropy (T-s) diagram represents the
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Consider a two-dimensional potential flow over a cylinder. If the freestream speed is
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Consider steady, two-dimensional, incompressible flow over a non-porous flat plate as shown in the figure. For the control volume PQRS, the speed,
, at section PQ is uniform and the speed at section RS is given by
, where
is a positive integer. The value of
for which the flow through section PS will vanish is: 
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Consider the velocity distribution,
shown in the figure. For two adjacent fluid layers L1 and L2, the viscous force exerted by L1 on L2 is 
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The service ceiling of an airplane is the altitude
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Regarding the horizontal tail of a conventional airplane, which one of the following statements is true?
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A beam with a symmetrical T-shaped cross-section, as shown in the figure, is subjected to pure bending. The maximum magnitude of the normal stress is realised:

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