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What Is AERO DYNAMICS Flashcards

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•Is the study of motion of
any object in the air and all
the forces acting on it

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AERO DYNAMICS

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•It is known as the applied
aerodynamics
•It speaks about the operations
related to the application of aircraft

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AERONAUTICS

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Atmosphere

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Constituents -Layers-Parameters

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Atmopheric constituents

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Oxygen Gas 28.99% nitrogen gas.78.08%.insert gas.Argon.0.94%.hydrogen.0.01%.helium.0.04%.Carbon Dioxide.0.04%

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Atmospheric layers

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Exosphere -ionosphere-stratosphere-troposphere

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Atmospheric parameters

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Pressure-temperature-density

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7
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Four forces acting on an aircraft

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lift-weight-trust-drag

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8
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An aeroplane like all bodies has masswith the aircraft stationary on ground

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Weight

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9
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The force of gravity acts on all bodies near the surface of the earth

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Lift

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10
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The physisyof lift

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Bernoulli’s princile

Newton’s third law of motion

Coanda effect

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11
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A swiss scientist of the eighteenth century discovered that as fluid (air)

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Bernoulli’s princple

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12
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Refers to pressure exerted by a mass of stationary air

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Static pressure

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13
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It is the pressure associated with moving air

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Dynamic pressure

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14
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Equal transit thory

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Leading Edge wing Chord Trailing edge

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15
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Defined to be the angle of the wing relative to the airflow

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Angle of attack

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16
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Is defined to be the angle between the chord linr and the longitudinal axis

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Angle of incidence

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17
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Sir isaac newton explains lift generation through the 3rd Law of motion which is the

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Law of inter action

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18
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The angle throug which an airstream is defleced by any lifting surface

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Dawnwash angle

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19
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It is the tendency of jet of fluid (gas/liquid) to curve towards a surface

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Coanda effect

20
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Is defined to be the force which moves an aircraft through the air

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Thrust

21
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The impact of the air against the surface of the airplane applies force

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Drag

22
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Types of drag

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Parasite drag induced drag

23
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All drag that is not associated with the production lift

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Parasite drag

24
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A drag which result from lift generation also known as vortex drag

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Induced drag

25
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It is the drag which results to tha sums both parasitic and induced drag

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Total drag

26
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Types of parasite drag

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Skin friction drag form or pressure drug interference drag

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Main parts of an airplane

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Powerplant landing gear wings empennage fuselage

28
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Central body of an airplane

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Fuselage

29
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Attached to each side of the fuse lage and are the main lifting surface

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Wings

30
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Include the entire tail group/section and consist of fixed surface

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Empennage

31
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Principle support of the airplane when parked taxiing taking off or landing

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Landing gear

32
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Usually include both engines ang the propeller the primary function

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Powerplant

33
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Primary flight control system

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Aileron rudder elevator

34
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Control roll about the longitudinal axis

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Ailerons

35
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Movement of the aircraft about its vertical axis this motion called yaw

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Rudder

36
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Is the natural and undesirable tendency for an aircraft to yaw

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Adverse Yaw

37
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Control pitch about the lateral axis

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Elevator

38
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Axes of an aircraft

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Longitudinal axis-Vertical axis-Lateral Axis-

39
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Secondary flight control

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Flaps-trimtabs balance tabs anti servo tabs ground adjustable tabs spoiler slots slats

40
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In board trailing edge of the wings

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Flaps

41
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The plain tabs is one of the most common types of tabs used in small single engine aircraft

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Trim tabs

42
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Trailing edge of the primar control surface

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Balance tabs

43
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Are similar to balance tabs they move in the opposite direction

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Anti servo tabs

44
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Only adjustable on the ground

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Ground adjustable tabs

45
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Upper trailing edge of the wing

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Spoiler

46
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Outer leading edge of the wing forward of ailerons

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SLats/slots

Basic Aero Dynamics (1 decks)

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