Development and Validation of Airfoils for Global Range Transports

Abstract

The developmental process for an airfoil designed to be used on long-range transonic transport aircraft with large regions of natural laminar flow is described. Components of the development process that are discussed include mission-driven needs criteria, airfoil design method, experimental airfoil validation, and a variety of numerical validation procedures. Numerical analyses include flowfield prediction, boundary layer stability analysis and transition prediction, and force and moment assessment. Assessments are made at several off-design conditions. The overall goal is to develop and demonstrate the computational tools and analytical methods required for the optimal design of unconventional airfoils and wings for global range cruise flight.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA413922

Entities

People

  • Carl P. Tilmann
  • Justin W. Russell
  • Lee B. Brandt
  • Robyn R. Ramsay
  • Thomas Hoehn

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Control
  • Flow
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Laminar Flow
  • Layers
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.