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Aircraft Stability and Control

The document contains questions about aircraft stability and control topics including static stability, dynamic stability, degrees of freedom, longitudinal and lateral stability, stability derivatives, control effectiveness, auto pilot systems, and more. It provides 70 multiple choice questions to test understanding of key concepts in aircraft stability and control analysis.

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Aircraft Stability and Control

The document contains questions about aircraft stability and control topics including static stability, dynamic stability, degrees of freedom, longitudinal and lateral stability, stability derivatives, control effectiveness, auto pilot systems, and more. It provides 70 multiple choice questions to test understanding of key concepts in aircraft stability and control analysis.

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BT UNIVERSITY

AIRCRAFT STABILITY AND CONTROL

BTECH AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT & CREDIT EVALUATION

ANSWER ANY 60 QUESTIONS

1. Define static stability.


2. Define dynamic stability.
3. What is meant by “ Degree of freedom”
4. Write the types of axis components in aircraft.
5. Derive the axis component of entire airplane.
6. Explain the conditions of longitudinal static stability.
7. Derive the contribution of wing of aircraft pitching moment.
8. Explain the contribution of fuel usage of aircraft pitching moment.
9. Define Centre of Gravity ,Aerodynamic Centre , Centre of pressure
10. Difference between static stability and dynamic stability.
11. What is coordinate transformation?
12. What is porpoising oscillation?
13. Define neutral point.
14. Define elevator power.
15. What is control effectiveness?
16. What is stick fixed and stick free?
17. What is hinge moment?
18. Derive equation for elevator free factor.
19. Explain stick force per g in detail.
20. Explain the power effects in jet and propeller engine.
21. What is aerodynamic balancing? Explain any 3 in detail.
22. What are stability derivatives?
23. What is mean by freeing the stick?
24. What are the types of disturbance faced by aircraft?
25. Write the equations of stability derivatives of lateral stability.
26. Derive the various stability derivatives relevant to lateral dynamics.
27. Derive the equation of motion of rigid aircraft.
28. Define dihedral effect.
29. What is side slip?
30. What is frise aileron?
31. What is Spiral divergence?
32. Describe Dihedral effect and aileron reversal.
33. Write short notes on: Rubber locks and Dutch roll approximation.
34. What are various requirement of rudder?
35. Determine the neutral point during flight test.
36. What is the role of modern control theory?
37. What is stability augmentation system?
38. Define inertia coupling.
39. What are basic instruments present in auto pilot system?
40. What is closed loop and open loop system?
41. Explain in detail about Auto pilot system design in detail.
42. Explain about flexibility effects in aircraft.
43. Explain the need for SAS in auto pilot system.
44. Explain about flexibility effects in aircraft.
45. Write short notes on: a) One engine inoperative condition b) Spin recovery
46. Discuss the Slip stream rotation of nose mounted propellers.
47. What are the effects caused during pull up and pull down maneuvers.
48. Derive the equation for overall contribution of aircraft pitching moment about
c.g
49. Explain the contribution of wing and fuselage in airplane directional stability.
50. What are the equations of longitudinal motion with free control?
51. Explain the significance of aerodynamic derivatives on airplane stability.
52. Explain roll helix angle. Show the wing velocity distribution due to roll rate
53. Explain Aircraft Dynamic Mode shapes and their significance.
54. Derive expression for elevator trim condition and explain all parameter
obtained in trim equation.
55. Explain about aircraft axis systems in detail with neat sketches.
56. Explain open loop and closed loop control systems with examples.
57. Explain about determination of gain margin and phase margin
58. Explain the effect of power on aerodynamic stability
59. Explain about inherently and marginally stable airplanes.
60. Define maneuver point stick-free. Derive an expression for it.
61. Explain about lateral and directional stability.
62. Explain about the phugoid , short period dutch roll and spiral modes
63. Explain briefly the terms a) damping in roll, b) damping in yaw, c) cross-effect.
64. Define sideslip. Explain the criterion for lateral static stability.
65. Explain briefly the spiral approximation
66. Define pitch rate, and pitch damping?
67. Explain the significance of Routh’s discriminant.
68. Explain angle of yaw and angle of side slip?
69. Define stability derivatives with the representation of aerodynamic forces and moments
70. Define the term longitudinal dynamic stability of the airplane
71. Discuss in detail the power effects on longitudinal static stability.
72. Derive the neutral point equation for stick free condition with respective fig
73. Derive the equation of aircraft force equations and moment equations
74. Write a short notes on (a) stability derivatives in longitudinal dynamic stability (b) Stability
quartic
75. Explain the difference between aerodynamic coefficients and aerodynamic derivatives .Give
four pairs of examples with explanation
76. Derive the equation for the control effectiveness of elevator
77. Describe Dutch roll and spiral in stability
78. Explain how stability quartic helps in studying the dynamic stability of an aircraft
79. Derive the longitudinal linearized equations of motion with small perturbation approach
80. Explain lateral –directional applied forces and moments
81. Derive the equation for contribution of wing of a aircraft pitching moment with neat
sketches
82. Define hinge moments of aerodynamic surfaces. Derive an expression for the floating angle
of an elevator
83. Define the terms ‘floating tendency and restoring tendency’
84. Derive a six step procedure that used to build up the response side of the three moment
equations
85. Explain about spiral mode and roll subsidence
86. Discuss the dynamic stability aspects of an aircraft considering its linearized longitudinal
equations of motion being analyzed under three- degrees, two degrees and one degrees of
freedom assumptions
87. Explain the trade-off between stability and maneuverability?
88. What are the two necessary criteria for longitudinal balance and static stability?
89. Derive the Euler’s equations of motion of complete aircraft.
90. Derive the expression for the stick fixed neutral point and stick free Neutral point?

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