Design Implementation for Supercavitating Hydrofoils with Two-Point Cavity Thickness Control.

Abstract

A computer aided inverse design method for supercavitating hydrofoils was given recently by Parkin and Fernandez. This method uses a linearized cavity flow theory to determine the wetted surface shape from a prescribed pressure distribution and to evaluate its overall performance parameters, while controlling the cavity thicknesses at two points along the chord. The numerical analysis for this design method is discussed in this report and the computer program is listed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 16, 1977
Accession Number
ADA046534

Entities

People

  • J. R. González Fernández

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Hydrofoils
  • Integrals
  • Numbers
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Pennsylvania
  • Precision
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Square Roots
  • Thickness
  • Trailing Edges
  • Universities

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture
  • Systems Analysis and Design