When an airplane is flying (200 mathrm{mph}) at (5000-mathrm{ft}) altitude in a standard atmosphere, the air velocity

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When an airplane is flying \(200 \mathrm{mph}\) at \(5000-\mathrm{ft}\) altitude in a standard atmosphere, the air velocity at a certain point on the wing is \(273 \mathrm{mph}\) relative to the airplane.

(a) What suction pressure is developed on the wing at that point?

(b) What is the pressure at the leading edge (a stagnation point) of the wing?

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Munson Young And Okiishi's Fundamentals Of Fluid Mechanics

ISBN: 9781119080701

8th Edition

Authors: Philip M. Gerhart, Andrew L. Gerhart, John I. Hochstein

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