Chapter 2 - Blade Theory

Ex 2.1 page 53

In [1]:
#input data
c =2.25#Chord length of an aerofoil in m
l=13.5#Span of the aerofoil in m
C=125#Velocity of the aerofoil in m/s
Cl=0.465#Lift coefficient
Cd=0.022#Drag coefficient
d=1.25#Density of the air in kg/m**3

#calculations
A=c*l#Area of cross section of the aerofoil in m**2
W=Cl*d*((C**2)/2)*A*10**-3#Weight carried by the wings of aerofoil in kN
D=Cd*d*((C**2)/2)*A#Drag force on the wings of aerofoil in N
P=D*C*10**-3#Power required to the drive the aerofoil in kW

#output
print '''(a)Weight carrried by the wings is %3.2f kN
(b)Drag force on the wings of aerofoil is %3.2f N
(c)Power required to drive the aerofoil is %3.3f kW'''%(W,D,P)
(a)Weight carrried by the wings is 137.92 kN
(b)Drag force on the wings of aerofoil is 6525.46 N
(c)Power required to drive the aerofoil is 815.683 kW

Ex 2.2 page 53

In [2]:
from __future__ import division
#input data
W=980#The weight of the object being dropped by parachute in N
C=5#The maximum terminal velocity of dropping in m/s
d=1.22#The density of the air in kg/m**3
Cd=1.3#The drag coefficient of the parachute

#calculations
A=W/(Cd*d*((C**2)/2))#The area of cross section in m**2
D=((A*4)/(3.14))**(1/2)#Diameter of the parachute in m

#output
print 'The required diameter of the parachute is %3.2f m'%(D)
The required diameter of the parachute is 7.94 m

Ex 2.3 page 54

In [3]:
#input data
A=10*1.2#Area of the airplane wing in m**2
C=((240*10**3)/3600)#Velocity of the wing in m/s
F=20#Total aerodynamic force acting on the wing in kN
LD=10#Lift-drag ratio
d=1.2#Density of the air in kg/m**3

#calculations
L=(F)/(1.01)**(1/2)#The weight that the plane can carry in kN
Cl=(L*10**3)/(d*A*((C**2)/2))#Coefficient of the lift

#output
print '(1)The coefficient of lift is %3.3f\n(2)The total weight the palne can carry is %3.1f kN'%(Cl,L)
(1)The coefficient of lift is 0.622
(2)The total weight the palne can carry is 19.9 kN

Ex 2.4 page 54

In [4]:
#input data
m=25#Mass flow rate of the air in kg/s
d=1.1#Density of the air in kg/m**3
Ca=157#Axial flow velocity of the air in m/s
N=150#Rotational speed of the air in rev/s
U=200#Mean blade speed in m/s
lc=3#Rotor blade aspect ratio 
sc=0.8#Pitch chord ratio

#calculations
rm=(U)/(2*3.145*N)#Mean radius of the blades in m
A=(m)/(d*Ca)#The annulus area of flow in m**2
l=(A)/(2*3.1*rm)#The blade height in m
C=l/lc#The chord of the blades in m
S=sc*C#The blade pitch in m
n=(2*3.141*rm)/(S)#Number of blades 

#output

print '''(a)The mean radius of the blades is %3.3f m
(b)The blade height is %3.2f m\n(c) (1)The pitch of the blades is %3.4f m
(2)The chord of the blades is %3.3f m\n(d)The number of the blades are %3.f'''%(rm,l,S,C,n)
(a)The mean radius of the blades is 0.212 m
(b)The blade height is 0.11 m
(c) (1)The pitch of the blades is 0.0294 m
(2)The chord of the blades is 0.037 m
(d)The number of the blades are  45

Ex 2.5 page 56

In [5]:
#input data
sc=0.8#Pitch-chord ratio of compressor blade
b1=45#Relative air angle at inlet in degree
b2=15#Relative air angle at oulet in degree
a1=b1#Cascade air angle at inlet in degree
a2=b2#Cascade air angle at outlet in degree

#calculations 
en=a1-a2#Nominal deflection angle of the blade in degree
m=((0.23*(1)**2))+(0.1*a2/50)#An emperical constant for a circular arc camber where (2*a/c)=1
t=(a1-a2)/(1-0.233)#Blade camber angle in degree
d=(m*(sc)**(1/2))*t#The deviation angle of the blade in terms of (degree*t)
ps=a1-(t/2)#The blade stagger for a given circular arc cascade in degree

#output
print '''(a)The nominal deflection angle is %i degree
(b)The blade camber angle is %3.2f degree
(c)The deviation angle is %3.2f degree
(d)The blade stagger is %3.2f degree'''%(en,t,d,ps)
(a)The nominal deflection angle is 30 degree
(b)The blade camber angle is 39.11 degree
(c)The deviation angle is 9.10 degree
(d)The blade stagger is 25.44 degree

Ex 2.6 page 57

In [6]:
from math import atan, degrees, tan
#input data
t=25#The camber angle of aero foil blades in degree
ps=30#The blade stagger angle in degree
sc=1#The pitch-chord ratio of the blades
In=5#The nominal value of incidence in degree

#calculations
a1=ps+(t/2)#The cascade blade angle at inlet in degree
a2=a1-t#The cascade blade angle at outlet in degree
a1n=In+a1#The nominal entry air angle in degree
a2n=degrees(atan((tan(a1n))-(1.55/(1.0+(1.5*sc)))))#The nominal exit air angle in degree

#output
print '''(1)The cascade blade angles at -
(a)inlet is %3.1f degree
(b)exit is %3.1f degree
(2)The nominal air angles at -
(a)inlet is %3.1f degree
(b)exit is %3.2f degree'''%(a1,a2,a1n,a2n)
# the answer in the textbook is not correct.
(1)The cascade blade angles at -
(a)inlet is 42.5 degree
(b)exit is 17.5 degree
(2)The nominal air angles at -
(a)inlet is 47.5 degree
(b)exit is -12.69 degree

Ex 2.7 page 58

In [7]:
from math import atan, cos, tan, pi
#input data
C1=75#Velocity of air entry in m/s
a1=48#Air angle at entry in degree
a2=25#Air angle at exit in degree
cs=0.91#The chord-pitch ratio 
P0m=(11*9.81*10**3)/10**3#The stagnation pressure loss in N/m**2
d=1.25#The density of the sair in kg/m**3

#calculations
Cp=(P0m/(0.5*d*C1**2))#The pressure loss coefficient 
am=degrees(atan((tan(a1)+tan(a2))/2))#The mean air angle in degree
Cd=2*(1/cs)*(P0m/(d*C1**2))*((cos(pi/180*am))**3/(cos(pi/180*a1))**2)#The drag coefficient 
Cl=(2*(1/cs)*cos(pi/180*am)*(tan(pi/180*a1)-tan(pi/180*a2)))-(Cd*tan(pi/180*am))#THe lift coefficient

#output
print '''(a)The pressure loss coefficient is %3.4f
(b)The drag coefficient is %3.4f\n(c)The lift coefficient is %3.3f'''%(Cp,Cd,Cl)
# the answer in the textbook is not correct.
(a)The pressure loss coefficient is 0.0307
(b)The drag coefficient is 0.0518
(c)The lift coefficient is 1.222

Ex 2.8 page 59

In [8]:
#input data
a1=40#The cascade air angle at entry in degree
a2=65#The cascade air angle at exit in degree
C1=100#Air entry velocity in m/s
d=1.25#The density of the air in kg/m**3
sc=0.91#The pitch-chord ratio of the cascade
P0m=(17.5*9.81*10**3)/10**3#The average loss in stagnation pressure across cascade in N/m**2

#calculations
Cp=(P0m/(0.5*d*C1**2))#The pressure loss coefficient in the cascade
am=atan((tan(a2)-tan(a1))/2)#The mean air angle in degree
Cd=2*(sc)*(P0m/(d*C1**2))*((cos(pi/180*am))**3/(cos(pi/180*a2))**2)#The drag coefficient 
Cl=(2*(sc)*cos(pi/180*am)*(tan(pi/180*a1)+tan(pi/180*a2)))+(Cd*tan(pi/180*am))#THe lift coefficient

#output
print '(a)The pressure loss coefficient is %3.4f\n(b)The drag coefficient is %3.4f\n(c)The lift coefficient is %3.3f'%(Cp,Cd,Cl)
# the answer in the textbook is not correct.
(a)The pressure loss coefficient is 0.0275
(b)The drag coefficient is 0.1399
(c)The lift coefficient is 5.430

Ex 2.9 page 60

In [9]:
#input data
W=30000#The weight of the jet plane in N
A=20#The area of the wing in m**2
C=250*5/18#The speed of the jet plane in m/s
P=750#The power delivered by the engine in kW
d=1.21#Density of the air in kg/m**3

#calculations
L=W#The lift force on the plane is equal to the weight of the plane in N
Pd=0.65*P#The power required to overcome the drag resistance in kW
D=(Pd/C)*10**3#The drag force on the wing in N
Cd=D/(0.5*d*A*C**2)#The coefficient of drag for the wing 
Cl=L/(0.5*d*A*C**2)#The coefficient of lift for the wing 

#output
print '(a)The coefficient of lift on the wing is %3.3f\n(b)The coefficient of drag on the wing is %3.3f'%(Cl,Cd)
(a)The coefficient of lift on the wing is 0.514
(b)The coefficient of drag on the wing is 0.120