COMPARISON OF THEORY AND EXPERIMENT FOR VENTED HYDROFOILS

Abstract

Twenty tables of mathematical functions required in the theoretical calculations of steady, plane, unbounded flow about vented hydrofoils are given. The tables are in four groups. For the special case of infinite cavity length and zero cavity number, Tables 1 through 4 allow the calculation of CD, CL, AND CM for a wide class of profiles whose contour slope distributions can be ex pressed as polynomials in chord wise position. Tables 5 through 9 are the ones used in the planimeter integrations described in Part 1 to obtain the key smooth-entry parameters for various cavity lengths and exhaust positions. Tables 10 through 14 are aux-3y functions required in the calculations. Tables 15 through 20 are the flat plate solution parameters with which the angle of attack is adjusted for an arbitrary profile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0407849

Entities

People

  • Andrew G. Fabula

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computing System Architectures
  • Corporations
  • Engineering
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Hydrofoils
  • Marine Engineering
  • Model Basins
  • Munitions
  • Naval Architecture
  • New York
  • Open System Architecture
  • Propeller Blades
  • Research Facilities
  • Universities
  • Water Tunnels
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Regression Analysis.