Aerospace Engineering Gate 2017 Questions with Answer

Ques 14 GATE 2017


The maximum gas flow rate that can be handled by a multistage axial compressor at a given rotational speed is dictated by

A

Compressor Surge

B

Rotating Stall

C

Choking

D

Optimum Design Pressure Ratio


(c) is the correct answer.

Ques 15 GATE 2017


For a turbine stage, which one of the following losses occurs due to the turning of the wall boundary layer through an angle due to curved surface?

A

Profile loss

B

Annulus loss

C

Tip clearance loss

D

Secondary flow loss


(d) is the correct answer.

Ques 16 GATE 2017


In the vane-less space between the impeller and the diffuser vanes in a Centrifugal Compressor, the angular momentum varies in the following manner in the radial direction

A

Increases

B

Remains constant

C

Decreases

D

First increases and then decreases


(b) is the correct answer.

Ques 17 GATE 2017


Which of the following statements about the neutral axis of a beam with unsymmetrical cross section is true:

A

The product of second moment of area about the neutral axis is always zero.

B

The normal stress along the neutral axis is always zero.

C

The shear stress along the neutral axis is always zero,

D

The product of second moment of area about the neutral axis and the normal stress about the neutral axis are always zero.


(b) is the correct answer.

Ques 18 GATE 2017


In a combustor, gaseous Octane (C8H18) and air are to be burned in stoichiometric proportions. If the required flowrate of air is 1 kg/s, what should be the corresponding flow rate of Octane?

A

0.066 kg/s

B

15.15 kg/s

C

0.16 kg/s

D

6.25 kg/s


(a) is the correct answer.

Ques 19 GATE 2017


The given diagram represents the velocity triangles at the leading edge (1) and trailing edge (2) at the mean radius of a single stage axial compressor rotor. The stage efficiency of the compressor is 0.8. The stagnation temperature of air entering the stage is 298 K and the specific heat at constant pressure for air is 1.005 kJ/kgK The ratio of specific heats for air is 1.4. Considering actual work in the rotor is equal to the ideal work. the pressure ratio for the stage is equal to _______ (in two decimal points).


(1.20 to 1.30) is the correct answer.

Ques 20 GATE 2017


An aircraft with a turbojet engine, having an inlet area of 1 m2, is flying at 270 m/s at an altitude where the atmospheric pressure is equal to 0.9 bar and the ambient temperature is equal to 290 K. The stagnation pressure and temperature at the exit of the turbine are equal to 1.6 bar and 774 K respectively. The specific heat at constant pressure of the burned gases is equal to 1.147 kJ/kgK and the ratio of specific heats is equal to 1.33. Considering ideal expansion in the nozzle with no losses, the specific thrust produced by the engine is _______ Ns/kg (in one decimal place).


(215.0 to 217.0) is the correct answer.

Ques 21 GATE 2017


Air, at 450 K stagnation temperature and at a rate of 50 kg/s, enters the combustor of a turbofan engine and is burned with 1 kg/s of Aviation Kerosene (Heating value 44 MJ/kg). The specific heat at constant pressure for the incoming air and the burned products are 1.005 kJ/kgK and 1.147 kJ/kgK respectively. Considering 100% burner efficiency, the stagnation temperature at the exit of the combustor is equal to _______ K. (in one decimal place).


(1130.0 to 1145.0) is the correct answer.

Ques 22 GATE 2017


A single stage chemical rocket, having an initial mass of 10,000 kg and specific impulse of 450 s, is launched from the surface of the earth and has to reach the escape velocity (11 km/s) at burn out. Consider ge=9.8m/s2 If the atmospheric drag and the effect of gravity are to be neglected, the mass of propellant to be carried by the rocket is equal to _______ kg (in one decimal place).


(9100.0 to 9200.0) is the correct answer.

Ques 23 GATE 2017


A centrifugal compressor requires 1800 kW of power to compress 10 kg/s of air. Consider the whirl velocity component is equal to the impeller speed (ie., no slip) and no losses in the impeller. If the impeller has to rotate at 1900 rad/s. the diameter of the impeller is to be _______ m (in two decimal place).


(0.40 to 0.50) is the correct answer.

Ques 24 GATE 2017


Assuming that the aircraft is flying straight, the top spar cap / flange of a wing is most likely to fail in:

A

Yielding

B

Buckling

C

Crushing

D

Creep


(b) is the correct answer.

Ques 25 GATE 2017


Which of the following statements about the compatibility equations are true:
P. Strain compatibility equations must be satisfied in the solution of three-dimensional problems in elasticity.
Q. Six strains are defined in terms of three displacement functions and can have arbitrary values.
R. Compatibility equations are an expression of the continuity of displacements.

A

P and Q

B

Q and R

C

P and R

D

P, Q and R


(c) is the correct answer.

Ques 26 GATE 2017


A batch of aluminium alloy yields in uniaxial tension at the stress of 330 MN/m2. If this material is subjected to the following state of stress: σx=140 MN/m2 σy=-70MN/m2 σz=0, τxy=x MN/m2. τyz=0 and τzx=0 The value of x that would result in yielding according to the Von Mises failure criterion is _______ (in three decimal places).


(157.000 to 158.000) is the correct answer.

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