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genie mecanique
Question 1
Consider a tubular kite, as shown in Fig. 1. The wind speed is 5 m/s, the kites
diameter is 30 cm and the length of the cylindrical body is 60 cm.
a. Assuming a rigid cylinder, can the drag be estimated by boundary layer theory
for a flat plate? Justify your answer.
b. Estimate the total drag on the kite, including its 6, 90-cm-long tails, assuming
they are rigid.
This one
U = 5 m/s
Figure 1: Tubular sock kites attached to a pole in cross-wind. Taken from https:
//www.gombergkites.com/g-tails.html
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Question 2
Water is contained between two very long parallel plates spaced by a h = 1 cm gap.
Initially, the plates and the water are not moving. Suddenly, the bottom plate starts
moving with constant speed up = 1 m/s.
a. Once the water has reached a steady state, find the vorticity distribution in
the fluid.
b. Sketch the evolution of the velocity profile in the fluid immediately after start-
up, before it reaches a steady state.
c. Estimate the order of magnitude time it takes to reach a steady state (i.e.,
seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years?)
plate is stationary
water
h = 1 cm
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Question 3
Consider the two flow fields illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. For each case, sketch the
regions where viscous effects are important and the regions where the fluid can be
assumed to be inviscid (not viscous). Explain your answers.