Reg. No.

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT TEST-II
Sub Code AE8604 Sub Name: AIRCRAFT DESIGN
Date of Exam 17-05-2022 Max Marks 50 Semester VI Time 02:45 pm to 04:45 pm

PART – A
Answer all Questions
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Questions Unit Area BT Level Complexity Marks
N Mapping
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In low speed aircraft state the primary purpose of leading edge
1 sweep. III Design CO3 Understand Low 2

What is semi monocoque construction?

2 III Design CO3 Remember Low 2
In an aircraft mission why is reserve fuel necessary?
3 IV Design CO4 Understand Low 2
State the main function of the horizontal tail of a typical
4 aircraft? IV Design CO4 Remember Low 2

How are the functions of elevator and aileron performed in a

Control
5 tailless aircraft? IV CO4 Understand Low 2
surface
PART –B
Answer all Questions
Give an explanation of the following topics

i)Significance of Reynolds’s number in aircraft design

6. a III aerofoil CO3 Understand Medium 9
ii)selection of aerofoil parameters for a subsonic aircraft

[OR]
Explain three types of conventional landing gear system
6. b III Gear CO3 Understand Medium 9
Derive Berquet’s equation for range
7. a III Design CO3 Create Medium 9
[OR]

Explain in detail how load is uniformly distributed in the

7. b fuselage. III Fuselage CO3 Understand 9
Medium

Write about aircraft lateral stability and explain design

8. a requirements for adequate lateral stability IV Design CO4 Understand Medium 9

[OR]
What is rudder lock? Explain vertical tail sizing of an
8. b aircraft with respect to lateral stability. IV Tail CO4 Understand Medium 9

PART –C
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Explain in detail about determination of wing loading
with respect to following conditions.(1)Wing loading
based on the range of the aircraft.(2)Wing loading based
9. a III Design CO3 Understand Medium 13
on landing performance (3).Wing loading based on the
absolute ceiling of the aircraft

[OR]
Name the structural components of Aircraft wing and give
details. Enumerate Gust load.
9. b IV Design CO4 Remember Medium 13

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