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3 years ago

Give a reason why fighter aircraft use mid-wing design.

Engineering

1 answer:

Ket [755]3 years ago

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Explanation:

Mid-wing configuration places wings exactly at midline of airplane which means at half of height of fuselage. These airplanes are well balanced and also they have a large control surface area.It is the best option aerodynamically as these planes are streamlined much more and also has low interference drag as compared to the high and the low wing configurations.

The mid-wing has almost neutral roll stability that is further good from prespective of the combat as well as the aerobatic aircraft as mid-wing allows for performance of the rapid roll maneuvers with the minimum yaw coupling.

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The internal loadings at a critical section along the steel drive shaft of a ship are calculated to be a torque of 2300 lb⋅ft, a

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given that:

Torque T = 2300 lb - ft

Bending moment M = 1500 lb - ft

axial thrust P = 2500 lb

yield points for tension σY= 100 ksi

yield points for shear τY = 50 ksi

Using maximum-shear-stress theory

$\sigma_A = \dfrac{P}{A}+\dfrac{Mc}{I}$

where;

$A = \pi c^2$

$I = \dfrac{\pi}{4}c^4$

$\sigma_A = \dfrac{P}{\pi c^2}+\dfrac{Mc}{ \dfrac{\pi}{4}c^4}$

$\sigma_A = \dfrac{2500}{\pi c^2}+\dfrac{1500*12c}{ \dfrac{\pi}{4}c^4}$

$\sigma_A = \dfrac{2500}{\pi c^2}+\dfrac{72000c}{\pi c^3}}$

$\tau_A = \dfrac{T_c}{\tau}$

where;

$\tau = \dfrac{\pi c^4}{2}$

$\tau_A = \dfrac{T_c}{\dfrac{\pi c^4}{2}}$

$\tau_A = \dfrac{2300*12 c}{\dfrac{\pi c^4}{2}}$

$\tau_A = \dfrac{55200 }{\pi c^3}}$

$\sigma_{1,2} = \dfrac{\sigma_x+\sigma_y}{2} \pm \sqrt{\dfrac{(\sigma_x - \sigma_y)^2}{2}+ \tau_y^2}$

$\sigma_{1,2} = \dfrac{2500+72000}{2 \pi c ^3} \pm \sqrt{\dfrac{(2500 +72000)^2}{2 \pi c^3}+ \dfrac{55200}{\pi c^3}} \ \ \ \ \ ------(1)$

Let say :

$|\sigma_1 - \sigma_2| = \sigma_y$

Then :

$2\sqrt{( \dfrac{2500c + 72000}{2 \pi c^3})^2+ ( \dfrac{55200}{\pi c^3})^2 } = 100(10^3)$

$(2500 c + 72000)^2 +(110400)^2 = 10000*10^6 \pi^2 c^6$

$6.25c^2 + 360c+ 17372.16-10,000\ \pi^2 c^6 =0$

According to trial and error;

c = 0.75057 in

Replacing c into equation (1)

$\sigma_{1,2} = \dfrac{2500+72000}{2 \pi (0.75057) ^3} \pm \sqrt{\dfrac{(2500 +72000)^2}{2 \pi (0.75057)^3}+ \dfrac{55200}{\pi (0.75057)^3}}$

$\sigma_{1,2} = \dfrac{2500+72000}{2 \pi (0.75057) ^3} + \sqrt{\dfrac{(2500 +72000)^2}{2 \pi (0.75057)^3}+ \dfrac{55200}{\pi (0.75057)^3}} \ \ \ OR \\ \\ \\ \sigma_{1,2} = \dfrac{2500+72000}{2 \pi (0.75057) ^3} - \sqrt{\dfrac{(2500 +72000)^2}{2 \pi (0.75057)^3}+ \dfrac{55200}{\pi (0.75057)^3}}$