Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
Airfoil design efforts are studied. The importance of integrating airfoil and aircraft designs was demonstrated. Realistic airfoil data was provided to aid future high altitude, long endurance aircraft preliminary design. Test cases were developed for further validation of the Eppler program. Boundary layer, not pressure distribution or shape, was designed. Substantial improvement was achieved in vehicle performance through mission specific airfoil designed utilizing the multipoint capability of the Eppler program.
Keywords:
AIRCRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
Type:
Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 777-794
Format:
application/pdf
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