Development of an Empirically Based Computer Program to Predict the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Aircraft. Volume II. Program User Guide

Abstract

The report (Volume II, Program User Guide) describes the computer program developed for the evaluation of the aerodynamic characteristics of large aircraft (bombers, tankers, and transports). The program calculates lift, moment, and drag characteristics of aircraft through the subsonic, transonic, and supersonic speed regimes, and includes the capability of calculating the effect of high-lift systems in both free air and in ground effect for landing and takeoff. The input to the computer program requires the configuration geometry and the aerodynamic conditions for which solutions are desired. The program includes the capability of analyzing both fixed-wing and variable-sweep- wing configurations as well as the aerodynamic characteristics of supercritical wing designs. (Modified author abstract)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0779737

Entities

People

  • Roy T. Schemensky

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airfoils
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Geometry
  • High Lift
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Sea Level
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Business Analytics

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics