GATE AE · 2023 · AE
Question 32: Airplane Performance
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Question 32
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An airplane weighing 40 kN is landing on a horizontal runway during which it is retarded by an arresting cable mechanism. The tension in the arresting cable at a given instant, as shown in the figure, is 100 kN. Assuming that the thrust from the engine continues to balance airplane drag, the magnitude of horizontal load factor is _______. (round off to one decimal place)
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2023AE
GATE AE 2023 · Paper 1
Aerospace Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Aerospace Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 1 mark
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