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1. MECH448 QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering MECH448 Compressible Fluid Flow Mini-Reports - 2011

2. MECH448 The purpose of the mini-report is to illustrate some of the real-world applications in which compressibility effects are important. A list of mini-report topics is given below, each topic being assigned a number. A list indicating the mini-report topic by number that has been allocated to each student in the class is given following the list of topics. Each of the listed topics has been allocated to two or three students. Students allocated the same topic may work together in gathering the required information but each student must submit their own mini-report.

3. MECH448 This report should be roughly between two and six pages in length and may include figures (e.g., downloaded photographs and diagrams) and should reference the books, web-pages, etc. from which information was obtained. Most of the information required to write the mini-reports is available on the web. Please contact me if you experience difficulty in finding enough information on your assigned topic to allow you to write your mini-report. The mini-reports must be submitted in the MECH448 course box in McLaughlin Hall.

4. MECH448 If your name is not on the list please contact me as soon as possible.

5. MECH448 • Mini-Report Topics - 2011 • 1.Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the Concorde supersonic airliner. • 2. Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird aircraft. • Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the Avro Arrow. • 4. Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the CF-18 aircraft. • Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the 1960’s British aircraft, the English Electric Lightning. • Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the F-106 Delta Dart aircraft.

6. MECH448 7. Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the B-1 Lancer aircraft. 8. Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the B-58 Hustler aircraft. 9. Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the CF-104 aircraft 10. Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in the Mirage III aircraft 11. Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in theEurofighter Typhoonaircraft 12. Discuss the engine air intake system (the inlet diffuser) used in theF-35 aircraft

7. MECH448 13. Discuss how a Pulse-Jet engine works. 14. Discuss air intake systems that have been used or proposed for use with RAMJET and SCRAMJET engines. 15. Discuss what is meant by a blast wave and how it can be analysed. 16. Discuss what is mean by a condensation shock. 17. Discuss what is meant by a combustion wave. 18. Select and describe an existing high performance shock tube. 19. Select and describe an existing supersonic wind-tunnel fitted with a variable area nozzle. 20. Select and describe an existing blow-down supersonic wind-tunnel.

8. MECH448 21. Describe the nozzle fitted to the main engine on the Space Shuttle. 22. Describe the reentry thermal protection system fitted to the Apollo space craft. 23. Describe the reentry thermal protection system fitted to the Mercury spacecraft. 24. Describe the reentry thermal protection system fitted to the Space Shuttle. 25. Discuss the causes of the relatively recent fatal accident involving the Space Shuttle, which occurred over Texas during the return to earth following a mission. 26. Explain what was meant by the “Sound Barrier” and discuss how the “Sound Barrier” was first broken, i.e., how supersonic flight was first achieved.

9. MECH448 27. Discuss why sweptback wings are used on aircraft 28. Discuss why variable sweepback wings are used on some aircraft. 29. With regard to transonic aircraft, discuss what is meant by the “area rule” and how it is applied. 30. Discuss the X-1 aircraft, the first aircraft to fly supersonically in level flight. Describe how this aircraft was propelled and how it was launched. 31. A system has been proposed by a British research group in which air, carrying small amounts of a liquid that is to be injected into a person, is accelerated to a supersonic speed and then impinges on the skin. The liquid then passes through the skin with little or no sensation of pain occurring. Describe this system.

10. MECH448 32. Discuss what is meant by an afterburner and discuss the type of nozzle usually fitted at the exit from an afterburner. 33. During the early testing of space suits an astronaut in a capsule was carried to a high altitude by a balloon. The astronaut then jumped from the capsule and, after falling for a relative long time, deployed a parachute and landed safely back on earth. During the period of free-fall the astronaut is believed to have exceeded the speed of sound. An attempt has recently been made to repeat this experience. Discuss these actual and proposed flights. 34. Discuss how a pipe organ works. 35. A wheeled vehicle relatively recently exceeded the speed of sound for the first time. Describe this vehicle and how it was powered.

11. MECH448 36. Discuss a real case in which a building was damaged by an aircraft flying at supersonic speed over the building (e.g., a terminal building at Ottawa airport). 37. Discuss what causes thunder and why people are sometimes knocked over by thunder. 38. Discuss Ernst Mach’s studies in the field of compressible flow. 39. Discuss the purpose of and design of blast doors.

12. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Addinall,Benjamin 1 Alousis,Peter Lucas 3 Arasteh,Ehsan 5 August,Jeffery Brian 7 Ballard,Steven 9 Bathgate,Kieran 11 Berger,Jonathan 13

13. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Bhagwat,Surbhi 15 Black,Ariel 17 Blake,Oliver 19 Bonner,Joshua David 21 Brooks,Christopher 23 Chaudhry,Ross 25 Chdid,Maya 27

14. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Chidwick,Robert William Paul 29 Christou,Alexander George 31 Church,Michael James Marshall 33 Coglon,Garnet 35 Collie,Patrick Rae 37 Cudmore,Daniel 39 Dash,Peter 2

15. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Dimarco,Vaughn 4 Donald,Mitchell Riley 6 Dunn,Taylor David 8 Felkai,David 10 Fothergill,Reid 12 Garbutt,Jade Elizabeth 14 Greey,Matthew 16

16. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Gregson,Edward 18 Harris,Kristopher 20 Haw,Brandon 22 Henderson,Rachel 24 Hergott,Braden 26 Herterich,Jason 28 Hogan,Curtis 30

17. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Hogervorst,Richard 32 Hughes,Jessica 34 Hull,Thomas 36 Johnson,Andrew 38 Johnston,Eric 34 Kaake,Adam 36 Kallio,Kimberley Erin 38

18. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Kani-Sanchez,Cassandra Alisa 1 Khan,Hira 3 Kirk,Andrew Richard 5 Knieriem,Scott 7 Kolias,Hugh 9 Konarek,Evan 11 Kowalewski,Dylan 13

19. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Labaj,Adam John 15 Lam,Chapman Lap-Lai 17 Lam,Christopher Andrew 19 Lee,Andrew Garrett 21 Lee,Geoffrey 23 Lett,Andrew Stuart 25 Libman,Robert Jeffrey 27

20. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Lin,Fu Rui 29 Little,Stephen 31 Lo,Chi-Lun 33 Loszak,Matthew 35 Maalouli,Elie 37 MacLean,John Donald 39 Mailach,Dayna Claire 33

21. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Man,Bliss 35 Mandel,Jeremy 37 Marchildon,Ryan 39 Marko,Erik Andrew 2 McLaughlin,Evert Vincent Mark 4 McNally,Alexander 6 McPherrin,Daniel Joseph 8

22. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER McVeigh,John 10 Mccormack,Kevin 12 Meier,Corbin 14 Melnik,Luke David 16 Mester,James Raymond 18 Mohd Nor,Mohd Azri 20 Norton,Jonathan Vincent James 22

23. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER O'Connor,Ryan James 24 O'Shaughnessy,Dennis 26 Pang,Matthew 28 Pang,Zheng 30 Pereira,Timothy 32 Peristy,Luke Howard 34 Phillips,Randall 36

24. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Po,Justin 38 Ponnambalam,Lochana 34 Prior,David Leon 36 Rapos,David Benjamin 38 Rees,David Jonathan 1 Reid,Jonathan Tyler 5 Reid,Ryan 9

25. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Roesch,Samuel Alexander 13 Ronneberg,Kyla 17 Ryszanek,Patryk 21 Schwab,Kevin Alexander 25 Shea,Maclean 29 Smith,Kyle 33 Spivak,Dane Vincent 37

26. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Stunden,Brenna Leigh 25 Sutherland,Mark 29 Throop,Paul Thomas 33 Toukan,Rashed 37 Van Leeuwen,Matthew 2 Vermeersch,Christopher Daniel 6 Vossen,Blair Douglas 10

27. MECH448 Mini-Report Allocation - 2011 Reports Due: December 15, 2011 NAME PROJECT NUMBER Walker,Michael David 14 Wexler,Chloe 18 Wilton,Michael James 22 Winger,Laura Jane 26 Worme,Nicholas Stephen 30 Xu,Kai Li 34 de Vuono,Matthew 38

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