Pressure Distributions for Representative Airfoils and Related Profiles

Abstract

Selected pressure-distribution diagrams for a number of conventional and special airfoils are presented. The conventional airfoils include the NACA 22-, 44-, and 230-series airfoils and the Clark Y family. The special airfoils consist of circular-arc sections of several thicknesses and curvatures and a number of synthetic airfoils, including several with zero moment coefficient. The pressure distributions are in most cases given for several lift coefficients including that at the ideal angle of attack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1946
Accession Number
ADB804973

Entities

People

  • Irven Naiman
  • Theodore Theodorsen

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Aeronautics
  • Airfoils
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Curvature
  • Equations
  • Low Drag
  • Low Drag Airfoils
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Shape
  • Static Pressure
  • Thickness
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation