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Design of Aerofoils for Prescribed Pressure Distribution in Viscous Incompressible Flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

H.N.V. Dutt  and
A.K. Sreekanth
H.N.V. Dutt
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
A.K. Sreekanth
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Summary

A design procedure has been developed to generate aerofoil shapes for prescribed pressure distributions in an incompressible viscous attached flow. It is based on the method of singularities, originally proposed by Chen and later modified by Kennedy and Marsden, for inviscid flows. The classical approach of adding the displacement thickness of the boundary layer and wake to the aerofoil contour is used to account for viscous effects. Several numerical examples are worked out and are compared with the inviscid flow results. Significant changes in aerofoil contours due to viscous effects are observed and these are discussed.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 42 - 55
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1980

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