Home Work Set 1

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AE331 (INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE STRUCTURES )

Home Work set 1
(Due August 28,2015)
Q.1 Find the direction cosines of the vector
Vector u=(2,2,1)
Q.2 Find the angle between the vectors
u=(1,1,-1) and v=(2,2,1).
Q.3 Calculate the vector projection of the vector
u=(2,1,0) on the vector v=(-3,4,0)
Q.4 Find the volume of the parallelepiped
formed by the vectors:
Q.5 Calculate the volume of the tetrahedron
whose vertices are the points A = (3, 2, 1), B =
(1, 2, 4), C = (4, 0, 3) and D = (1, 1, 7).
Q.6 Consider the angle section shown in gure
(a)Verify that the centroid of the angle section
has the location shown
(b)Show that the moments of inertia are:
Izz= bh3/36
Iyy= hb3/36
2 2

Iyz= -b h /72
(c)Show that the principal moments of inertia
are:
I11=98.2 in4
I22=21.4 in4

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(d)Find the angle between the principal

moments of inertia axes and the y-axis. Show the
principal moments of inertia axes through a
sketch.
Q.7 Assume the airplane of gure 4.25 is landing
at 75 mph on a runway and brakes are applied
to the rear wheels equal to 0.4 of the vertical
rear wheel reaction. What is the horizontal
deceleration and the stopping distance for the
airplane?

Q.8 The ying patrol boat in Fig.4.27 makes a

water landing with the resultant bottom water
pressure of 250,000 lbs. as shown in the gure.
Assume lift and tail loads as shown. Th epitching
moment of inertia of the airplane is 10 million
lb.sec2 in. Determine the airplane pitching
acceleration. What is the total load on the crew
member who weighs 200 lbs. and is located in a
seat at the rear end of the hull?

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