FLight And Spaceflight

16351 FLIGHT AND SPACEFLIGHT 2



January 22nd 2001 10 - 12 am



Attempt 10 questions from section A and 2 questions from section B


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Sketch the layouts of the following types of wind tunnel indicating the working section, settling chamber and fan.

Closed return
Open return

List two advantages and two disadvantages for each type of tunnel.



What is meant by the term “escape velocity”?





State Kepler’s law of planetary motion?






Describe two types of balance arrangement for measuring the forces and moments on an aircraft model in a wind tunnel.






What is meant by the terms parking orbit, geostationary orbit and transfer orbit?





How may errors in the man...