GATE AE 2022 • Q16 MCQ • 1 Mark Aerospace Structures

Aerospace Structures

Strength of Materials & Elasticity

Subtopic: Stress and Strain Tensors & Generalized Hooke's Law

Question Statement:

Consider steady, two-dimensional, incompressible flow over a non-porous flat plate as shown in the figure. For the control volume $PQRS$, the speed, $u_\infty$, at section $PQ$ is uniform and the speed at section $RS$ is given by $u(y) = A_0 \left(\frac{y}{h}\right)^n$, where $n$ is a positive integer. The value of $A_0$ for which the flow through section $PS$ will vanish is:
Question figure for GATE AE 2022 Q16

Scientific schematic diagram reproduced from official IIT paper

Options:

  • (A) $\frac{u_\infty}{n + 1}$
  • (B) $u_\infty (n + 1)$
  • (C) $\frac{u_\infty}{n - 1}$
  • (D) $u_\infty (n - 1)$

Official Answer Key:

B

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

### **Detailed Step-by-Step Solution (GATE AE 2022 Q.16)** **1. Mass Conservation Formulation**: For zero mass flux across the top boundary $PS$, the mass entering through $PQ$ must equal the mass exiting through $RS$: $$\dot{m}_{PQ} = \dot{m}_{RS}$$ $$\int_0^h \rho u_\infty \, dy = \int_0^h \rho u(y) \, dy$$ $$\rho u_\infty h = \rho \int_0^h A_0 \left(\frac{y}{h}\right)^n \, dy = \rho A_0 \frac{h}{n + 1}$$ **2. Solving for $A_0$**: $$u_\infty h = A_0 \frac{h}{n + 1} \implies A_0 = u_\infty (n + 1)$$ - **Official Answer Key**: **B**
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