The Analysis and Design of Two-Element Airfoil Configurations in Transonic Flow

The Analysis and Design of Two-Element Airfoil Configurations in Transonic Flow
Author: Giuseppe Volpe
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Total Pages: 67
Release: 1981
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This report describes the development of numerical techniques for predicting the flow over two-element airfoil configurations, such as airfoils with a slat or a flap, at transonic speeds and for designing such airfoil systems. The effort was divided in three phases. The first phase involved the development of a method to compute the inviscid flow over these configurations. In the second phase the inviscid code was coupled to a boundary layer calculation program in order to compute the loss in performance due to viscous effects. In the third phase an inverse design code that constructs the airfoil system corresponding to a desired pressure distribution was developed. (Author).

An Analysis of the Inviscid Transonic Flow Over Two-Element Airfoil Systems

An Analysis of the Inviscid Transonic Flow Over Two-Element Airfoil Systems
Author: B. Grossman
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Total Pages: 51
Release: 1977
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This report describes the development of a method for numerically computing the inviscid transonic flow field over an airfoil with a leading-edge slat or a trailing-edge flap. The approach is to solve the full inviscid irrotational flow equations about two-element airfoil systems. The methodology consists of the development of a suitable computational plane and grid system through the application of a series of conformal mappings. The appropriate set of equations and boundary conditions are derived in terms of a smoothly varying, single-valued reduced potential function through analytic removal of all singularities in the computational domain. A stable and accurate relaxation procedure is established for the numerical solution of the governing equations. The method is applied to a variety of transonic supercritical two-element airfoil configurations. Results are presented depicting the surface pressure distribution, streamline patterns in the physical and computational domain, and Mach number contours. (Author).

The Viscous Transonic Flow Over Two-Element Airfoil Systems

The Viscous Transonic Flow Over Two-Element Airfoil Systems
Author: G. Volpe
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Total Pages: 49
Release: 1978
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A numerical procedure has been developed to compute the transonic viscous-inviscid interacting flow field about airfoils with leading edge slats or trailing edge flaps. The inviscid theory utilizes conformal mappings in a full potential flow formulation, with analytic removal of singularities and a mixed flow relaxation procedure. The turbulent boundary layer is computed with methods based on a turbulent kinetic energy formulation and is coupled to the inviscid flow using surface source flow boundary conditions. Semiempirical methods are used to compute local strong interaction regions occurring in the vicinity of shock waves, trailing edges, and to account for flow separation. Our results are in good agreement with existing wind tunnel data for several typical two-element airfoil configurations. (Author).

Analytical Studies of Two-Element Airfoil Systems

Analytical Studies of Two-Element Airfoil Systems
Author: Richard M. James
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Total Pages: 276
Release: 1974
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The report represents an interim stage of a research program sponsored by ONR to try and put the basic mathematics of design and flow analysis methods for two-element airfoil systems on an equivalent footing to that of single element configurations with the ultimate end in view of producing 'optimum' designs. Techniques of conformal mapping and multiple image reflection are used to solve problems connected with two disjoint circles and then to develop the integral equations describing problems of real interest posed in a canonical domain -- the annular space between two concentric circles. Using this point of view, the essential character of a promising general technique is deduced. (Modified author abstract).

COSMIC Software Catalog

COSMIC Software Catalog
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Total Pages: 444
Release: 1987
Genre: Computer software
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Aeronautical Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering
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Total Pages: 268
Release: 1992
Genre: Aeronautics
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A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system and announced in Scientific and technical aerospace reports (STAR) and International aerospace abstracts (IAA).

Applied Mechanics Reviews

Applied Mechanics Reviews
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Total Pages: 338
Release: 1987
Genre: Mechanics, Applied
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NASA Technical Memorandum

NASA Technical Memorandum
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Total Pages: 152
Release: 1979
Genre: Aeronautics
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