GATE AE · 2024 · AE
Question 64: Airfoils and Wings
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Question 64
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An airplane of mass 1000 kg is in a steady level flight with a speed of 50 m/s. The wing has an elliptic planform with a span of 20 m and planform area 31.4 m
. Assuming the density of air at the altitude to be 1 kg/m
and acceleration due to gravity to be 10 m/s
, the induced drag on the wing is ________ N (rounded off to 1 decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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2024AE
GATE AE 2024 · Paper 1
Aerospace Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Aerospace Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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