Alternative Method of Calculation of Effective Wake with Radial and Tangential Shears.

Abstract

The partial differential equation for the perturbed pressure field of a propulsor operating in a non uniform flow was transformed into a simple form due to Goodman. Starting from the available solution for a flow with no shear, an iterative procedure was selected to derive a numerical solution for shear flow. The equivalent integral equation based on solving Laplace's equation would involve the numerical calculation of a five fold integral over an infinite computational domain for each interation. Keywords: Hydrodynamics; Shear flow; Propulsion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1986
Accession Number
ADA182801

Entities

People

  • Glenn Mckee

Organizations

  • Stevens Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Classification
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Construction
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Far Field
  • Flags
  • Flow
  • Integral Equations
  • Integrals
  • Near Field
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Shear Flow
  • Stereolithography
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.