13. Lift - to - Drag Ratio
Flight article Scenario L/D ratio
Virgin Atlantic
GlobalFlyer
Cruise 37[
Lockheed U-2 Cruise ~28
Rutan Voyager Cruise[4]
27
Albatross 20
Boeing 747 Cruise 17
Common tern 12
Herring gull 10
Concorde M2 Cruise 7.14
Cessna 150 Cruise 7
Concorde Approach 4.35
House sparrow 4
14. Minimum Drag Coefficients
Aircraft Type Aspect Ratio CDmin
RQ-2 Pioneer Single piston-engine UAV 9.39 0.0600
North American Navion Single piston-engine general aviation 6.20 0.0510
Cessna 172/182 Single piston-engine general aviation 7.40 0.0270
Cessna 310 Twin piston-engine general aviation 7.78 0.0270
Marchetti S-211 Single jet-engine military trainer 5.09 0.0205
Cessna T-37 Twin jet-engine military trainer 6.28 0.0200
Beech 99 Twin turboprop commuter 7.56 0.0270
Cessna 620 Four piston-engine transport 8.93 0.0322
Learjet 24 Twin jet-engine business jet 5.03 0.0216
Lockheed Jetstar Four jet-engine business jet 5.33 0.0126
F-104 Starfighter Single jet-engine fighter 2.45 0.0480
F-4 Phantom II Twin jet-engine fighter 2.83 0.0205 (subsonic)
0.0439 (supersonic)
Lightning Twin jet-engine fighter 2.52 0.0200
Convair 880 Four jet-engine airliner 7.20 0.0240
Douglas DC-8 Four jet-engine airliner 7.79 0.0188
Boeing 747 Four jet-engine airliner 6.98 0.0305
X-15 Hypersonic research plane 2.50 0.0950
15. Propulsive Power or Thrust Power:
( ){ }acjetairacacTp VVfmVVFP −+== 1
Specific Thrust S
( ) acjet
air
T
VVf
m
F
S −+== 1
Measure of compactness of a jet engine:
16. Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption TSFC
( ){ } ( ){ }acjetacjetair
fuel
T
fuel
VVf
f
VVfm
m
F
m
TSFC
−+
=
−+
==
11
Measure of fuel economy:
18. Jet Characteristics
• Quantities defining a jet are:
– cross-sectional area;
– composition;
– velocity.
jetjetjetjet VAm ρ=
acairjetjetjetT VmVAF −=
2
ρ
acairjetjetT VmVmF −=
Of these, only the velocity is a truly characteristic feature and is of
considerable quantitative significance.
19. Jet Characteristics of Practical Propulsion Systems
System Jet Velocity (m/s)
Turbofan 200 - 600
Turbojet (sea-level, static) 350 - 600
Turbojet (Mach 2 at 36000 ft) 900 - 1200
Ramjet (Mach 2 at 36000 ft) 900 - 1200
Ramjet (Mach 4 at 36000 ft) 1800 - 2400
Solid Rocket 1500 – 2600
Liquid Rocket 2000 – 3500
20. Nozzle : Steady State Steady Flow
First Law :
No heat transfer and no work transfer & No Change in potential
energy.
in jet
cv
jetin
cv Wgz
V
hmgz
V
hmQ +
++=
+++
22
22
jetin
V
h
V
h
+=
+
22
22
21. Combined analysis of conservation of mass and first law
22
+=
+
jetjet
jet
inin
in
A
m
h
A
m
h
ρρ
A SSSF of gas through variable area duct can interchange the
enthalpy and kinetic energy as per above equation.
Consider gas as an ideal and calorically perfect.
0
22
22
Tc
c
V
Tc
c
V
Tc p
p
jet
jetp
p
in
inp =
+=
+