Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259696534
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., John M. Cimbala
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 127P
An airplane has a total mass of 3.000kg and a wing planform area of 65 m2. The airplane is cruising at 10.000 m altitude with a velocity of 1100 km/h. The density of air on cruising altitude is 0.414 kg in1. The lift coefficient of this airplane at the cruising altitude is
(a) 0.273
(b) 0.290
(c)0.456
(d) 0.874
(e) 1.22
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