• Card 34 / 41: The 747 airliner is capable of approximately Mach 0.9 at altitude. The claimed air speed is about 590 mph. What is the temperature of air used in that calculation?
    A) −100 °C
    B) − 60 °C
    C) − 20 °C
    D) 0 °C

    Answer:
    B) − 60 °C

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Explanation:

The speed of sound in air does not depend much upon pressure but is proportional to the square root of absolute temperature. The advertised speed of sound is 590/0.9 = 660 mph. The speed of sound at 0 degrees C is about 740 mph. So the temperature at cruising altitude is about 213 degrees Kelvin.

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Attribution:  Stephanie Redfern and Tuan Dinh. Fluid Mechanics. The Saylor Academy 2014, http://www.saylor.org/courses/me201/
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