a)What is the impact of increasing Reynolds number on skin friction and pressure drags over an airfoil? What can be happened for separation in this case? b) What is an adverse pressure gradient and where does it occur on an airfoil (show that on a sketch)? c) Why lift-to-drag ratio is an important parameter for an aircraft? d)How can changing in altitude affect the aircraft power required, PR? Show that mathematically and graphically?

a)What is the impact of increasing Reynolds number on skin friction and pressure drags over an airfoil? What can be happened for separation in this case? b) What is an adverse pressure gradient and where does it occur on an airfoil (show that on a sketch)? c) Why lift-to-drag ratio is an important parameter for an aircraft? d)How can changing in altitude affect the aircraft power required, PR? Show that mathematically and graphically?

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