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Aircraft Stability and Control

This document is an exam for the course "Aircraft Stability and Control" covering topics related to static and dynamic stability of aircraft. It contains two parts - Part A consists of 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each on topics like static vs dynamic stability, degree of freedom, aileron reversal, snaking motion, stick fixed vs free, weathercock stability, and longitudinal static stability conditions. Part B consists of 5 long answer questions worth 16 marks each, asking students to explain concepts like Routh's discriminant, tail contributions to pitching moment, stability derivatives, static margin calculations, short notes on topics like variable incidence tail planes, adverse yaw, Dutch roll, and stability quartic.

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Aircraft Stability and Control

This document is an exam for the course "Aircraft Stability and Control" covering topics related to static and dynamic stability of aircraft. It contains two parts - Part A consists of 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each on topics like static vs dynamic stability, degree of freedom, aileron reversal, snaking motion, stick fixed vs free, weathercock stability, and longitudinal static stability conditions. Part B consists of 5 long answer questions worth 16 marks each, asking students to explain concepts like Routh's discriminant, tail contributions to pitching moment, stability derivatives, static margin calculations, short notes on topics like variable incidence tail planes, adverse yaw, Dutch roll, and stability quartic.

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ANNA UNIVERSITY 2007

B.E/B.TECH MODEL EXAMINATION


AIRCRAFT STABILITY AND CONTROL
(AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING)
TIME-3HOUR
MARK-100

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
PART PART PART PART A(10X2=20MARKS A(10X2=20MARKS A(10X2=20MARKS A(10X2=20MARKS) )) )

1. Define static stability and dynamic stability.

2. What do you mean by degree of freedom.

3. What is meant by aileron reversal?

4. What is snaking. Sketch the snaking motion of an aircraft.

5. Difference between stick fixed and stick free.

6. What is meant by `Weather Cock Stability'.

7. What are the condition for longitudinal static stability.

8. How is dihedral useful for lateral stability.

9. What is porpoising mode?

10. What is meant by phugoid oscillation? Explain.

PART PART PART PART B(5X16=80MARKS) B(5X16=80MARKS) B(5X16=80MARKS) B(5X16=80MARKS)

11 (a) Explain the significance of Routh's discriminant.

(b) Drive an expression for the tail contribution to the pitching moment of an aircraft if i? is the wing setting angle and
it is the tail setting angle.

12 (a) A wing body model is tested in a subsonic wind tunnel.
aL=0 = -1.50, at a = 50, CL is 0.52. At a = 10 and 7.880 CMcg are -0.01 and 0.05 respectively. The c.g location is
0.35c. iw = 0 and tail volume ratio is 0.34. The tail setting is 2.70 and the tail lift curve slope is 0.1 per degree. e0 = 0
and ?e/?a = 0.35. At a = 80, calculated CMcg for the aircraft.

( OR )

(b) i. Discuss in detail the power effects on longitudinal static stability.

ii For the problem in 12, find the neutral point location and also static margin.

13(a) Write short notes on

i. Variable incidence tail plane

ii. Adverse Yaw

( OR )

(b) i. What is the coupling between rolling and yawing moments, explain with suitable examples.

ii. What is the effect of running propeller on directional stability

14 (a) Explain the following Phenomenon



i. Dutch Roll

ii. Spiral instability

iii. Spin

( OR )

(b) Write short notes on

i. Stability derivatives in longitudinal dynamic stability

ii. Stability quartic

iii. Spoils in lateral control

15 (a) An airplane W/s = 3000 N/m2, V = 450 kmph flying at 6 km attitude has the characteristic equation in
longitudinal mode of the form (?2 + ? + 6) (3?2 + ? + 1) = 0. Find the period and time to dump and comment whether
oscillation can be ignored.

( OR )

(b) Write short notes on

i. Tail volume ratio

ii. Controls of aircraft

iii. Rudder requirement in directional control

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