Aerospace Engineering
GATE AE topic:aerodynamics PYQs
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Question 11
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Consider the contour
shown in the figure below. For the vector
, the integral
______.Here
represents an infinitesimal length along the contour
. 
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The Fourier series representation of a square wave is shown in the figure below. The fluctuations seen near
are named after which one of the following scientists? 
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The following equation with respect to
, where
is a non-zero constant, represents ________.Your answerChoose one option.
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Which one of the following makes an ideal air-standard Stirling cycle?
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In fluid dynamics, d’Alembert’s paradox refers to which one of the following?
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The number of independent elastic constants that a fully anisotropic linear elastic material can have is ______.
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A cantilever beam with an unsymmetric cross-section is subjected to a transverse shear force (P) at its free end. P acts at the shear center of the beam cross-section. Which one of the following statements is TRUE about the deformation of this beam?
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The figure below depicts two ideal gas turbine cycles, cycle 1-2-3-4-1 and cycle 1-2-3'-4'-1, on a T-s diagram. Which one the following statements is FALSE?
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The velocity potential function (
) given below represents which one of the following?Your answerChoose one option.
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The fundamental purpose of the Kutta condition in the thin airfoil theory is ________.
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