GATE AE · 2025 · AE
Question 36: Airfoils and Wings
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Question 36
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A lifting surface has a spanwise circulation distribution of
(where
) over its span
, and
is the spanwise coordinate. Furthermore, the downwash varies along the span as
, where
is the free stream velocity. Which one of the following options represents total lift (
) and induced drag (
)?Your answerChoose one option.
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2025AE
GATE AE 2025 · Paper 1
Aerospace Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Aerospace Engineering
- Question type
- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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