Aero 321 Final Exam 45 Questions with Verified Answers
Equation of motion assumptions ( &when bad) - CORRECT ANSWER All internal forces are in equilibrium
Constant gravity (bad for orbit)
Flat earth (bad for long fl
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Aero 321 Final Exam 45 Questions with Verified Answers
Equation of motion assumptions ( &when bad) - CORRECT ANSWER All internal forces are in equilibrium
Constant gravity (bad for orbit)
Flat earth (bad for long flights)
Constant mass(bad for rockets)
Rigid body( bad for supersonic cruisers)
Inertial Coupling - CORRECT ANSWER -Results from imbalances in inertia
-Start with pitching equation, rearrange for pitch acceleration
Gyroscopic Coupling - CORRECT ANSWER Spinning rotors, reduced with counter rotating. Large effect on yaw moment
Roll Inertial and body - CORRECT ANSWER Φ Inertial (what you see)
P Body (what you feel)
Pitch Inertial and body - CORRECT ANSWER Θ Inertial (what you see)
Q Body (what you feel)
Yaw Inertial and body - CORRECT ANSWER Ψ Inertial (what you see)
R Body (what you feel)
Center of Pressure vs Aerodynamic Center - CORRECT ANSWER AC is CG location for Cmα=0
CP = AC on symmetric airfoil
CP = CG location for Cm=0
Forget-Me-Not Equation - CORRECT ANSWER Cmα= CLα(XbarCG- XbarAC)
Static Margin - CORRECT ANSWER SM= (XbarAC-XbarCG)×100%
SM>0 Stable
SM=0 Neutral stable
SM<0 Unstable
Shift of CG and AC when control surfaces are added or removed - CORRECT ANSWER Canards Move AC Forward, less stable
Horizontal tail moves AC back more stable
Fuselage contribution to AC shift - CORRECT ANSWER Wings back = more shift of AC
4 cases for Cm0 Cmα - CORRECT ANSWER Cmα>0 unstable
Cm0 Trim when x intercept is positive
Negative Static Stability Derivatives and names (C<0) - CORRECT ANSWER CLβ Dihedreal effect
Cyβ
Cmq
Cmα
CLp
Cnr
Positive Static Stability Derivatives and names (C>0) - CORRECT ANSWER Cnβ WeatherCock
CLα Lift Curve
Relative order of importance for classical derivatives - CORRECT ANSWER Airframe stability
Damping
Control Power
Relative order of importance for modern fly by wire derivatives - CORRECT ANSWER Control Power
Static Aerodynamic
Dynamic Aerodynamic
Evaluation of Derivatives - CORRECT ANSWER *Analytically*
Direct Calculation
Perturbation of nonlinear
Parameter and system identification
*Experimental*
Wind tunnel
Flight test
Wing Orientation - CORRECT ANSWER Dihedral effect -CLβ
Wing angle( upward= more negative)
Wing position(top of fuselage= more negative)
Wing swing
Differential Eq to State Space - CORRECT ANSWER Dif eq to matrix
Dif eq to Transform - CORRECT ANSWER Dif eq to Laplace
Characteristic Equation - CORRECT ANSWER S²+2ζωS+ω²=
Longitudinal Dynamic Modes - CORRECT ANSWER Phugoid- Throttle
Short Period- Pitching
Third Oscillary- Aft CG
LateralDynamic Modes - CORRECT ANSWER Dutch Roll
Spiral
Lateral Phugoid
Identify modes of transfer function - CORRECT ANSWER Short Period- Bigger Numbers
Phugoid- Smaller
Classes of planes - CORRECT ANSWER 1 Small, Cesna
2 Med, Tactical bomber
3 Larger, B-2, Commerical
4 Fighter, Manuverable
Flight Phase Category - CORRECT ANSWER A-nonterminal, precision tracking
B-nonterminal, gradual manuvering
C-Terminal, Takeoff and landing
Flight Levels - CORRECT ANSWER 1 Clearly adequate for mission
2 increase workload
3 excessive workload, failures
Cooper-Harper Scale - CORRECT ANSWER 1Good
10 Bad
First proposed modeling of Aerodynamic forces and moments in terms of stability - CORRECT ANSWER G.H. Bryan 1911
NACA, What is, When created, Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
1915
Ensure U.S.A would stay ahead of competition. Develop methods to determine what makes planes dynamically and statically stable
First systematic study on effect of gust on airplane and when - CORRECT ANSWER E.B. Wilson 1915
Datcom first report - CORRECT ANSWER 1938
Multhopp Method, Wing Fuselage interfence, Who published first when - CORRECT ANSWER M. Munk 1923
When Laplace Transforms first used in stability and control literature - CORRECT ANSWER 1950
When did Cooper-Harper rating scale come out - CORRECT ANSWER 1969
Last year of historical development in Roskam paper - CORRECT ANSWER 1980
Constant mass is a good assumption as long as change of mass is small in - CORRECT ANSWER 1 minute
Gravity is present in the translational equations but not the rotational equations because - CORRECT ANSWER Gravity acts through the aircraft center of mass
Two class 1 methods for estimating aircraft inertias - CORRECT ANSWER Regression plots
Radii of Gyration
Bf109 the gyroscopic effect is most prominent in - CORRECT ANSWER Yaw
After an aircraft is designed, the engineer can choose the location of the - CORRECT ANSWER Center of gravity
Which reduces static lateral stability of an airplane - CORRECT ANSWER Anhedral wing
Side area is added to the back of the P-51 to make it - CORRECT ANSWER More Stable in Yaw
The derivative that needs to be positive for a statically stable airplane is - CORRECT ANSWER Weathercock stability
Aircraft models are inaccurate for two common flight conditions - CORRECT ANSWER Transonic and high angle of attack
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