GATE Aerodynamics – Previous Year Questions by Topic
GATE Aerodynamics (Aerospace Engineering) previous year questions, topic by topic: Basic fluid mechanics: kinematics, conservation laws, dimensional analysis, incompressibility and Newtonian fluids, Viscous flows: Hagen-Poiseuille flow, Couette flow and boundary layers, Two-dimensional potential flow: sources, sinks, doublets, point vortex and Bernoulli's equation, Airfoils and wings: coefficients, Kutta-Joukowski theorem, thin airfoil theory, finite wing theory, critical and drag divergence Mach numbers, Compressible flows: isentropic flow, normal and oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer flow, nozzles and diffusers, Special topics: Fanno flow, Rayleigh flow, U-tube manometers and Pitot probe.
- Basic fluid mechanics: kinematics, conservation laws, dimensional analysis, incompressibility and Newtonian fluids
- Viscous flows: Hagen-Poiseuille flow, Couette flow and boundary layers
- Two-dimensional potential flow: sources, sinks, doublets, point vortex and Bernoulli's equation
- Airfoils and wings: coefficients, Kutta-Joukowski theorem, thin airfoil theory, finite wing theory, critical and drag divergence Mach numbers
- Compressible flows: isentropic flow, normal and oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer flow, nozzles and diffusers
- Special topics: Fanno flow, Rayleigh flow, U-tube manometers and Pitot probe