Contribution to the Analysis of High-Lift Airfoil Aerodynamics.

Abstract

This thesis treats the problem of incompressible two-dimensional steady flow past airfoils or airfoil combinations at large angles of attack. A panel method was developed to computer the inviscid flow over two cylinders, airfoil-flap combinations and airfoils in ground effect. In addition, Cebeci's viscous/inviscid interaction method was applied to several airfoils and compared with available experimental data. The agreement is generally quite encouraging. The calculations show the sensitivity of the computations to Reynolds number and transition. More work is required to evaluate the potential and limitations of the viscous/inviscid interaction method.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168401

Entities

People

  • Hee W. Lee

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • High Lift
  • Inviscid Flow
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Steady Flow
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional
  • Viscous Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design