Question: Problem 2 : ( 4 0 points total ) The airfoil section of the wing of the British Spitfire of World War II fame is
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The airfoil section of the wing of the British Spitfire of World War II fame is an NACA at the wing root, tapering to an NACA at the wing tip. The root chord is ft The measured profile drag coefficient of the NACA airfoil is at a Reynolds number of times Consider the Spitfire cruising at an altitude of mathrmft
a At what velocity is it flying for the root chord Reynolds number to be times
b At this velocity and altitude, assuming completely turbulent flow, estimate the skinfriction drag coefficient for the NACA airfoil, and compare this with the total profile drag coefficient. Calculate the percentage of the profile drag coefficient that is due to pressure drag.
c A more reasonable calculation of the skin friction coefficient would be to assume an initially laminar boundary layer starting at the leading edge, and then transitioning to a turbulent boundary layer at some point downstream. Calculate the skinfriction coefficient with assuming a critical Reynolds number of for transition.
Note: Assume that mu varies as the square root of temperature.
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