Question: Problem 2 : ( 4 0 points total ) The airfoil section of the wing of the British Spitfire of World War II fame is

Problem 2: (40 points total)
The airfoil section of the wing of the British Spitfire of World War II fame is an NACA 2213 at the wing root, tapering to an NACA 2205 at the wing tip. The root chord is 8.33 ft . The measured profile drag coefficient of the NACA 2213 airfoil is 0.006 at a Reynolds number of \(9\times 10^{6}\). Consider the Spitfire cruising at an altitude of \(18,000\mathrm{ft}\).
(a) At what velocity is it flying for the root chord Reynolds number to be \(9\times 10^{6}\)?
(b) At this velocity and altitude, assuming completely turbulent flow, estimate the skin-friction drag coefficient for the NACA 2213 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 skin-friction coefficient with assuming a critical Reynolds number of \(10^{6}\) for transition.
(Note: Assume that \(\mu \) varies as the square root of temperature.)
Problem 2 : ( 4 0 points total ) The airfoil

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