CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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MECH 431/2
PRINCIPLES OF AEROELASTICITY MECH 6481/2
(undergraduate)
ASSIGNMENT 2
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1. Find the shear center of the section shown in the figure below. (10 Marks)
20mm
2mm
B
A
40mm

E
2mm

20mm
2.

Find the divergence speed (UD) of a typical section airfoil given the following data: ( 10 Marks)
C
1 kg/ m 3 , K 800 Nm/rad, L 1.8 , e = 0.55 m, S = 9.82 sq.m, CMAC0=CL0=0; =0.1

3. For the problem 2, estimate the elastic twist in radians for U/UD=0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 0.95 and plot the
variation of elastic twist using these values. ( 10 Marks)

4. For the data in Problem 2, Find the reversal speed, UR. (

C MAC
C L
2 ,
0.2 , chord=3m)

(10 Marks)