Aircraft Design Project Introduction You have designed a launch vehicle to insert a satellite into orbit . You now need a means to transport that satellite from your factory to the launch site. A cargo jet aircraft is the most likely candidate‚ though it may have to be unusual in size and shape because of the weight and shape envelope of the satellite design. Speed is not critically important but range is. Since the aerospace industry has become truly an international business it would be advisable
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incident ray with an I • the refracted ray with an R • the angle of incidence with a ! i • the angle of refraction with a ! r 4. How many media are there in this diagram? _____ Name them. 5. What is meant by the term "medium" in this context? 6. 7. Place a noticeable dot at the location where refraction of light takes place. For the three situations below‚ draw a normal line and measure and record the angles of incidence and the angles of refraction. !i = !r = 8. !i = !r = !i = !r
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investigation‚ two initially identical wings will have their bottom surface curvatures dramatically altered. Once their curvatures are altered‚ they will be placed in a homebuilt wind tunnel‚ where their lift forces will be measured at different angles of attack‚ and then their lift coefficients will be calculated and compared. The conclusions drawn from this investigation after considering experimental data reinforced by theoretical analysis reveals that there is a definite correlation between
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sections lose lift simultaneously the aircraft will a) roll b) pitch nose up c) pitch nose down 2. Lift on a delta wing aircraft a) increases with an increased angle of incidence (angle of attack) b) decreases with an increase in angle of incidence (angle of attack c) does not change with a change in angle of incidence (angle of attack 3. On a straight wing aircraft‚ stall commences at the a) root on a high thickness ratio wing b) tip on a high thickness ratio wing c) tip on a low thickness
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(c) 5 5 Parallel Angle of incidence = 90 25 = 65 Angle between the incident ray and the (a) reflected ray = 65 + 65 = 130 6 (a) Angle of incidence = 90 30 = 60 (b) (b) (c) Angle of reflection for the final reflected ray =z = 90 y Practice 1.2 (p. 10) = 90 x 1 C 2 A = 90 60 3 C = 30 4 (a) Angle of incidence = 90 40 = 50 7 The surface of glossy paper is flat and light is reflected regularly. The large amount of light (b) Angle of reflection reflected
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R2R Pico dell Mirandola and the angle of Humanism The Renaissance was a period of time during which Classical Greek culture was being reintroduced into philosophical circulation. It was also known as a time of “rebirth”. This period began as early as the mid-14th century and lasted into the 18th century‚ where the age of Enlightenment began. The Enlightenment was noted as a philosophical movement and characterized by theorizing and questioning authority. Through the movement‚ there was an emphasis
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the refractive index of water is 1.33‚ meaning that light travels 1.33 times as fast in vacuum as it does in water The historically first occurrence of the refractive index was in Snell’s law of refraction‚ n1sinθ1= n2sinθ2‚ where θ1 and θ2 are the angles of incidence of a ray crossing the interface between two media with refractive indicesn1
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the aircraft is pitched at various angles of attack. This paper examines the research process and the data that was collected in order to determine the lift to drag ratio for various angles of attack. Objectives To experimentally determine both the coefficient of lift 〖(C〗_L) and the coefficient of drag (C_D) of a Piper Saratoga when it is flown at different angles of attack (α). This data will be used to calculate the lift to drag ratio (L/D) for various angles of attack (α). Aircraft Description
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position of a new point‚ 107: the horizontal angle‚ β‚ the zenith angle‚ Z‚ the ground distance‚ di‚ which is measured directly using a 50 m long steel measuring tape. 43 ∆ (X43‚ Y43‚ Z43) β ∆ di ‚ Z 32 (X32‚ Y32‚ Z32) o 107 Fig. 1.1 The applications datums containg the initial elements i. e. ‚ space rectangular coordinates of the 32 and 43 points‚ and the elements resulting from field measurements as the horizontal and zenith angles and the ground distance are indicated in
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the solution of the current in the steady state‚ in R-L-C series circuits. Symbols i or i(t) Instantaneous value of the current (sinusoidal form) I Im − Current (rms value) Maximum value of the current Phasor representation of the current Phase angle‚ say of the current phasor‚ with respect to the reference phasor I φ Same symbols are used for voltage or any other phasor. Representation of Sinusoidal Signal by a Phasor A sinusoidal quantity‚ i.e. current‚ i (t ) = I m sin ω t ‚ is
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