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Aircraft Performance L5

This document contains lecture notes on aircraft performance that discusses equations of motion, drag, thrust, power and their minimum conditions for straight and level flight. It provides examples to calculate minimum drag, thrust, and power conditions and the corresponding velocities. The document also discusses the effects of altitude on thrust and how minimum power velocity relates to minimum drag velocity.

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Aircraft Performance L5

This document contains lecture notes on aircraft performance that discusses equations of motion, drag, thrust, power and their minimum conditions for straight and level flight. It provides examples to calculate minimum drag, thrust, and power conditions and the corresponding velocities. The document also discusses the effects of altitude on thrust and how minimum power velocity relates to minimum drag velocity.

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15-Feb-20

Equation of motion

Aircraft Performance V

LECTURE 4

Y.K.SINHA

RAJALAKSHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

FOR STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT

For static flight condition, acceleration is considered zero

Is very small

DRAG Minimum Drag Condition?

Find
• CLmd
• CDmd
• (L/D)md
L/D ratio at other speed
• Prove that

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Tutorial Thrust
Thrust Required (TR)
• An airplane has a wing loading of 2400
Thrust available (TA)
N/m2 and it drag equation is Cd = 0.016 +
0.055CL2 . Calculate the (a) minimum drag
and corresponding velocity (b) L/D max (c)
L/D ratio at 100 m/s Min Thrust condition ?
• Find out the total drag of an airplane flying Find
level at a speed of 320 km/hr and it drag
equation is Cd = 0.0293 + 0.0398CL2 . Also • CLmt
given the wing area 12.5 m2 and weight of • CDmt
the airplane 200 kg. • (L/D)mt

THRUST AVAILABLE (TA)


PISTON ENGINE JET ENGINE

Turbojet
Turbofan

Turboprop Propfan/Unducted Fan(UDF)

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ALTITUDE EFFECT ON THRUST


THRUST REQUIRED
Tutorial
0 km • An airplane W = 250000N, S = 85.5m2,
5 km Cd = 0.016 + 0.04CL2 . Calculate the (a)
minimum thrust required for level flight at
5km altitude. (b) Corresponding TAS at sea
THRUST AVAILABLE level.

0 km
0 km 3 km
3 km 5 km
5 km

Min power condition ?


Find
• CLmp
Power Required and Power Available • CDmp
• (L/D)mp
L/D ratio at other speed
• Prove that

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Tutorial
• An aircraft weighs 200000N. The drag polar
equation of the airplane is given by CD = 0.014 +
0.02CL2 . The wing area is 60m2. Calculate at
sea level and 4 km (σ = 0.669) i) Minimum thrust
and the corresponding velocity ii) Minimum
power and the corresponding velocity
• In straight and level flight show that, Vmp = 0.76
Vmd
• In straight and level show that the minimum
value of the ratio is given by

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Tutorial
• Given an aircraft W = 350000N, CDo = 0.022,
Span = 30m, e = 0.9. Calculate at 6 km the
minimum thrust horse power and the
corresponding velocity

END

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