Aerospace Engineering
2026 · Paper 1
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Question 34
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The vortex shedding frequency behind a landing gear model is found to be 50 Hz when tested in a wind tunnel operating at 5 m/s. If the actual landing gear size is 10 times that of the model, and it is designed to operate at 50 m/s, then the expected vortex shedding frequency behind it is ________ Hz (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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An elliptic wing has a span of 6 m and a planform area of 6 m
. When generating a lift coefficient of 0.6, the induced drag it incurs is ________
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An earth satellite has the instantaneous position vector
and velocity vector
as given below. Here
and
denote the unit vectors along the x and y axes of the perifocal frame, respectively. Assume that the value of gravitational parameter is 398600 km
/s
. Which one of the following trajectories does the satellite follow?
Your answerChoose one option.
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