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    Effects of canard location on the aerodynamic characteristics of a blunt-nosed missile at Mach numbers of 1.5 and 2.0 (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A blunt-nosed missile model with nose-mounted canards and cruciform tail surfaces was tested in the Ames 6 by 6-Foot Wind Tunnel to determine the contributions of the component aerodynamic surfaces to the static aerodynamic characteristics at Mach numbers of 1.5 and 2.0 and Reynolds number of 1 million based on body diameter. Data were obtained at angles of attack ranging from -3 deg to 12 deg and canard-deflection angles from -3 deg to 15 deg for various stages of model build-up (i.e., with and without canard and/or tail surfaces). Results were obtained with the canards at two different nose locations. For the canard and tail arrangements investigated, the model was trimmable at angles of attack up to about 4 deg or 5 deg with canard deflections of 9 deg. For this blunt-nosed model, there was little effect of canard location on trim angle of attack. The tail arrangements studied provided ample pitch stability.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-X-73220 , A-6958
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    Rolling moments in a trailing vortex flow field (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: Pressure distributions are presented which were measured on a wing in close proximity to a tip vortex of known structure generated by a larger, upstream semispan wing. Overall loads calculated by integration of these pressures are checked by independent measurements made with an identical model mounted on a force balance. Several conventional methods of wing analysis are used to predict the loads on the following wing. Strip theory is shown to give uniformly poor results for loading distribution, although predictions of overall lift and rolling moment are sometimes acceptable. Good results are obtained for overall coefficients and loading distribution by using linearized pressures in vortex-lattice theory in conjunction with a rectilinear vortex. The equivalent relation from reverse-flow theory that can be used to give economic predictions for overall loads is presented.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-CR-151961 , NEAR-TR-129
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  • 103
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    Two-dimensional aerodynamic characteristics of several rotorcraft airfoils at Mach numbers from 0.35 to 0.90 (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: An investigation was conducted in the Langley 6- by 28-inch transonic tunnel and the 6- by 19-inch transonic tunnel to determine the two-dimensional aerodynamic characteristics of several rotorcraft airfoils at Mach numbers from 0.35 to 0.90. The airfoils differed in thickness, thickness distribution, and camber. The FX69-H-098, the BHC-540, and the NACA 0012 airfoils were investigated in the 6- by 28-inch tunnel at Reynolds numbers (based on chord) from about 4.7 to 9.3 million at the lowest and highest test Mach numbers respectively. The FX69-H-098, the NLR-1, the BHC-540, and the NACA 23012 airfoils were investigated in the 6- by 19-inch tunnel at Reynolds numbers from about 0.9 to 2.2 million at the lowest and highest test Mach numbers respectively.
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    Type: NASA-TM-X-73990
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    Variable thickness shear layer aerodynamics revisited (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The constant boundary-layer thickness (BLT) figuring in the Ventres (1975) Kernel function can be replaced by a slowly varying BLT, in the case of shear layers of slowly varying thickness. A simplification of the extension by Chi (1976) of Ventres' solution is put forward. The Kernel function in this instance relates pressure on the lifting surface to downwash over the surface. The results should also apply, formally, to three-dimensional compressible unsteady flows, but the accuracy in assuming slowly varying shear BLT remains to be determined. All variants of the shear layer model fail when the shear layer thickness varies rapidly.
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    Type: AIAA Journal; 15; May 1977
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    Low speed aerodynamic characteristics of a vectored thrust V/STOL transport with two lift/cruise fans (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A wind tunnel test was conducted to obtain power on low speed characteristics of a twin fan vectored thrust V/STOL transport aircraft. Longitudinal, as well as some lateral directional data, were analyzed. Hover, STOL, and conventional flight modes were investigated. Determination of STOL characteristics, hover characteristics, roll control effectiveness and aircraft attitude were evaluated. The study also included various means to improve the lifting capability of the aircraft such as by application of fuselage strakes, exhaust vanes capable of shifting the thrust vector aft, and external flap blowing for STOL performance.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-CR-152029
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    Load distribution on a closed-coupled wing canard at transonic speeds (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A wind tunnel test where load distributions were obtained at transonic speeds on both the canard and wing surfaces of a closely coupled wing canard configuration is reported. Detailed component and configuration arrangement studies to provide insight into the various aerodynamic interference effects for the leading edge vortex flow conditions encountered are included. Data indicate that increasing the Mach number from 0.70 to 0.95 caused the wing leading edge vortex to burst over the wing when the wing was in the presence of the high canard.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-74053
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    Low-speed wind tunnel investigation of an advanced supersonic cruise arrow-wing configuration (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A preliminary assessment of possible means for improving the low speed aerodynamic characteristics of advanced supersonic cruise arrow wing configurations and to extend the existing data base of such configurations has been made. Principle configuration variables included wing-leading and trailing-edge flap deflection, fuselage nose strakes, and engine exhaust nozzle deflection. Results showed that deflecting the wing leading edge apex flaps downward provided improved longitudinal stability but resulted in reduced directional stability. The model exhibited relatively low values of directional stability over the operational angle of attack range and experienced large asymmetric yawing moments at high angles of attack. The use of nose strakes was found to be effective in increasing the directional stability and eliminating the asymmetric yawing moment.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-74043
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    Tail contribution to the directional aerodynamic characteristics of a 1/6-scale model of the rotor systems research aircraft with a tail rotor (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The results are presented of a wind tunnel investigation to determine the tail contribution to the directional aerodynamic characteristics of a 1/6-scale model of the rotor systems research aircraft (RSRA) with a tail rotor. No main rotor was used during the investigation. Data were obtained with and without the tail rotor over a range of sideslip angle and over a range of rotor collective pitch angle. The model with the tail rotor was tested at several advance ratios with and without thrust from the auxiliary thrust engines on the RSRA fuselage. Increasing the space between the tail-rotor hub and the vertical tail reduced the tail-rotor torque required at moderate to high rotor thrust. Increasing the exit dynamic pressure of the auxiliary thrust engines decreases the tail contribution to the static directional stability. The tail-rotor thrust and its interference provide a positive increment to the static directional stability. The tail contribution increases with forward speed. The adverse yawing moment of the airframe would strongly affect the thrust required of the tail rotor when the helicopter is hovering in a crosswind.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-X-3501 , L-11271
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    Boundary layer separation on isolated boattail nozzles (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The phenomenon of separated flow on a series of circular-arc afterbodies was investigated using the Langley 16-foot transonic tunnel at free-stream Mach numbers from 0.40 to 0.95 at 0 deg angle of attack. Both high-pressure air and solid circular cylinders with a diameter equal to the nozzle exit diameter were used to simulate jet exhausts. A detailed data base of boundary layer separation locations was obtained using oil-flow techniques. The results indicate that boundary layer separation is most extensive on steep boattails at high Mach numbers.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-CR-152703
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    Wind-tunnel results of the aerodynamic characteristics of a 1/8-scale model of a twin engine short-haul transport (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A wind tunnel test was conducted in the Langley V/STOL tunnel to define the aerodynamic characteristics of a 1/8-scale twin-engine short haul transport. The model was tested in both the cruise and approach configurations with various control surfaces deflected. Data were obtained out of ground effect for the cruise configuration and both in and out of ground effect for the approach configuration. These data are intended to be a reference point to begin the analysis of the flight characteristics of the NASA terminal configured vehicle (TCV) and are presented without analysis.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-X-74011
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    Acoustic and aerodynamic performance of a 1.5-pressure-ratio, 1.83-meter (6 ft) diameter fan stage for turbofan engines (QF-2) (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The fan was externally driven by an electric motor. Design features for low-noise generation included the elimination of inlet guide vanes, long axial spacing between the rotor and stator blade rows, and the selection of blade-vane numbers to achieve duct-mode cutoff. The fan QF-2 results were compared with those of another full-scale fan having essentially identical aerodynamic design except for nozzle geometry and the direction of rotation. The fan QF-2 aerodynamic results were also compared with those obtained from a 50.8 cm rotor-tip-diameter model of the reverse rotation fan QF-2 design. Differences in nozzle geometry other than exit area significantly affected the comparison of the results of the full-scale fans.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-X-3521 , E-8968
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    Analysis of internal flow of J85-13 multistage compressor (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: Interstage data recorded on a J85-13 engine were used to analyze the internal flow of the compressor. Measured pressures and temperatures were used as input to a streamline analysis program to calculate the velocity diagrams at the inlet and outlet of each blade row. From the velocity diagrams and blade geometry, selected blade-element performance parameters were calculated. From the detailed analysis it is concluded that the compressor is probably hub critical (stall initiates at the hub) in the latter stages for the design speed conditions. As a result, the casing treatment over the blade tips has little or no effect on stall margin at design speed. Radial inlet distortion did not appear to change the flow in the stages that control stall because of the rapid attenuation of the distortion within the compressor.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-X-3513 , E-8493
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    Analysis of the development of dynamic stall based on oscillating airfoil experiments (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The effects of dynamic stall on airfoils oscillating in pitch were investigated by experimentally determining the viscous and inviscid characteristics of the airflow on the NACA 0012 airfoil and on several leading-edge modifications. The test parameters included a wide range of frequencies, Reynolds numbers, and amplitudes-of-oscillation. Three distinct types of separation development were observed within the boundary layer, each leading to classical dynamic stall. The NACA 0012 airfoil is shown to stall by the mechanism of abrupt turbulent leading-edge separation. A detailed step-by-step analysis of the events leading to dynamic stall, and of the results of the stall process, is presented for each of these three types of stall. Techniques for flow analysis in the dynamic stall environment are discussed. A method is presented that reduces most of the oscillating airfoil normal force and pitching-moment data to a single curve, independent of frequency or Reynolds number.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TN-D-8382 , A-6674
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  • 114
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    Theoretical Parametric Study of the Relative Advantages of Winglets and Wing-Tip Extensions (1977)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: For identical increases in bending moment, a winglet provides a greater gain in induced efficiency than tip extension. Winglet toe angle allows design trades between efficiency and root moment. A winglet shows the greatest benefit when the wing loads are heavy near the tip. Washout diminishes the benefit of either tip modification, and the gain in induced efficiency becomes a function of lift coefficient; thus, heavy wing loadings obtain the greatest benefit from a winglet, and low-speed performance is enhanced even more than cruise performance. Both induced efficiency and bending moment increase with winglet length and outward cant. The benefit of a winglet relative to a tip extension is greatest for a nearly vertical winglet. Root bending moment is proportional to the minimum weight of bending material required in the wing; thus, it is a valid index of the impact of tip modifications on a new wing design.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-X-74003
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    Lecture notes in economics and mathematical system. Volume 150: Supercritical wing sections 3 (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: Application of computational fluid dynamics to the design and analysis of supercritical wing sections is discussed. Computer programs used to study the flight of modern aircraft at high subsonic speeds are listed and described. The cascades of shockless transonic airfoils that are expected to increase the efficiency of compressors and turbines are included.
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    Type: NASA-CR-155581
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    Generalized Theodorsen solution for singular integral equations of the airfoil class (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A class of singular integral equations is considered which arise in various two-dimensional mixed boundary-value problems with simple harmonic time variation. A problem typical of this class is that of determining the lifting pressure distribution on an oscillating airfoil in an unbounded incompressible potential flow. It is shown that Theodorsen's (1935) solution to this problem, with some modification, is valid for a general class of unsteady kernel functions. The technique employed is to consider an equivalent steady problem and then show that the unsteady resolvent and unsteady homogeneous solution can be written directly in terms of the steady solutions and a single frequency-dependent function which reduces to the Theodorsen function for the steady kernel.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Quarterly of Applied Mathematics; 35; July 197
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    Aerodynamics of a finite aspect ratio jet flap at low flight speeds (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A theoretical treatment of inviscid incompressible flow over a thin wing equipped with a part-span jet flap is given; the treatment is capable of describing low-speed flight regimes where nonlinear problems may be significant. The induced flow fields of the jet and the wing are characterized separately, and a fully coupled solution is reached through iteration. A lifting surface theory is employed for the wing aerodynamics, and the vorticity associated with the jet is also taken into account. Calculations are presented for the case of a rectangular wing. Comparisons with existing linear or nonlinear theories and experimental data suggest that the treatment is capable of accurate analyses in situations involving small angles of attack, jet deflection angles and jet momentum coefficients. In addition, the theory may be a better means of evaluating subsidiary aerodynamic variables, such as downwash aft of the wing, than existing treatments.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Aircraft; 14; Oct. 197
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    Quantitative density visualization in a transonic compressor rotor (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The flow in a 59-cm-diameter high-work transonic compressor rotor has been visualized using a fluorescent gas, 2,3, butanedione, as a tracer. The technique allows the three-dimensional flow to be imaged as a set of distinct planes. Quantitative static density maps were obtained by correcting the images for distortion and nonlinearities introduced by the illumination and imaging systems. These images and maps were used to analyze the three-dimensional nature of the blade's boundary layer and shock system.
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    Unsteady linearized transonic flow analysis for slender bodies (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: An unsteady linearized formulation based on Oswatitsch-Keune's parabolic method is developed to analyze transonic flow past oscillating slender bodies. In contrast to the widely used integral transform method, it is shown that all solutions can be derived by a simpler method directly in the physical plane. By various expansion procedures, low-frequency solutions then are derived according to two clearly defined frequency ranges. Adams-Sears' iteration is employed to account for the second-order effects. Stability derivatives are compared with available theories and data. It is found that the derivatives depend more sensitively on thickness than on the reduced frequency. Finally, a critical assessment of the present method is given.
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    Type: AIAA Journal; 15; July 197
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    TOMCAT - A code for numerical generation of boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinate systems on fields containing any number of arbitrary two-dimensional bodies (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A method for automatic generation of boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinate systems, where the transformed coordinates are solutions of an elliptic differential system in the physical plane, and where the coordinate lines are coincident with all boundaries of a general multiply-connected, two-dimensional region containing any number of arbitrarily shaped bodies, and is described along with a suitable computer code for implementing the method. Any partial differential system can be solved on the boundary-fitted coordinate system by appropriate transformations. The transformed equations are approximated by finite differences and solved numerically in the transformed plane. All computations, whether for generating coordinate system or then solving the transformed equations, can be done on a rectangular field with square mesh with no interpolation required on the boundaries. The physical boundaries may even be time-dependent.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Computational Physics; 24; July 197
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    Exact solutions in oscillating airfoil theory (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: A result obtained by Williams (1977) for two-dimensional airfoils oscillating in an arbitrary subsonic parallel flowfield is reformulated to show that the pressure distribution induced by any deformation can be construed from the particular solutions for heaving and pitching motions. Specific formulas are presented for an oscillating control surface with a sealed gap.
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    Type: AIAA Journal; 15; June 197
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    On the prediction of viscous phenomena in transonic flows (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: An algorithm developed by MacCormack (1971) and applied to transonic flows by Deiwert (1974) is used in the reported investigation. The investigation is concerned with flows of aerodynamic interest. However, many of the concepts apply equally to flows in turbomachinery. Turbulent transonic flows are considered, taking into account a biconvex circular arc and a shockless lifting airfoil. A simple algebraic eddy viscosity model is used for the description of the turbulent transport process.
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    Type: Transonic flow problems in turbomachinery; Feb 11, 1976 - Feb 12, 1976; Monterey, CA
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    Supercritical cascade design (1977)
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    Description: The use of the method of complex extension to achieve better aerodynamic designs for supercritical cascades applicable to transonic turbomachinery is discussed. The method permits the computation of analytical solutions to elliptic, hyperbolic or mixed second-order partial equations in two dimensions. Boundary value problems formulated to develop an airfoil shape having a prescribed speed distribution for subsonic flow and a nearby speed distribution in the transonic case are also considered. Computing times necessary to run the blade design program are described as acceptably short.
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    Type: Transonic flow problems in turbomachinery; Feb 11, 1976 - Feb 12, 1976; Monterey, CA
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    Calculation of 3-dimensional choking mass flow in turbomachinery with 2-dimensional flow models (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: An approach is considered for obtaining an approximate flow solution in the case of a cross-sectional flow surface within a guided channel, taking into account a pair of typical turbine blades with three-dimensional orthogonal surfaces across the flow passage, the calculation of the mass flow across the throat in the case of a 2-D passage with curved walls, and the determination of the choking mass flow. It is pointed out that the choking solution for a three-dimensional guided passage in a blade row can be obtained in a very similar manner by satisfying momentum equations for the blade-to-blade and the hub-to-tip direction. A considered example involves the calculation of the choking mass flow for a centrifugal compressor impeller in an automotive application.
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    Type: Transonic flow problems in turbomachinery; Feb 11, 1976 - Feb 12, 1976; Monterey, CA
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    Aerodynamic characteristics of airplanes at high angles of attack (1977)
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    Description: An introduction to, and a broad overiew of, the aerodynamic characteristics of airplanes at high angles of attack are provided. Items include: (1) some important fundamental phenomena which determine the aerodynamic characteristics of airplanes at high angles of attack; (2) static and dynamic aerodynamic characteristics near the stall; (3) aerodynamics of the spin; (4) test techniques used in stall/spin studies; (5) applications of aerodynamic data to problems in flight dynamics in the stall/spin area; and (6) the outlook for future research in the area. Although stalling and spinning are flight dynamic problems of importance to all aircraft, including general aviation aircraft, commercial transports, and military airplanes, emphasis is placed on military configurations and the principle aerodynamic factors which influence the stability and control of such vehicles at high angles of attack.
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    Type: NASA-TM-74097 , L-11695 , AGARD/VKI Lecture Series on Aerodynamic Inputs for Problems in Aircraft Dynamics; Apr 25, 1977 - Apr 29, 1977; Rhode-St-Genese; Belgium
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    Aerodynamic interference effects on tilting proprotor aircraft (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: The Green's function method was used to study tilting proprotor aircraft aerodynamics with particular application to the problem of the mutual interference of the wing-fuselage-tail-rotor wake configuration. While the formulation is valid for fully unsteady rotor aerodynamics, attention was directed to steady state aerodynamics, which was achieved by replacing the rotor with the actuator disk approximation. The use of an actuator disk analysis introduced a mathematical singularity into the formulation; this problem was studied and resolved. The pressure distribution, lift, and pitching moment were obtained for an XV-15 wing-fuselage-tail rotor configuration at various flight conditions. For the flight configurations explored, the effects of the rotor wake interference on the XV-15 tilt rotor aircraft yielded a reduction in the total lift and an increase in the nose-down pitching moment. This method provides an analytical capability that is simple to apply and can be used to investigate fuselage-tail rotor wake interference as well as to explore other rotor design problem areas.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-CR-152053 , ASI-TR-76-28
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    Models and techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of aircraft computing systems (1977)
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    Description: Models, measures and techniques were developed for evaluating the effectiveness of aircraft computing systems. The concept of effectiveness involves aspects of system performance, reliability and worth. Specifically done was a detailed development of model hierarchy at mission, functional task, and computational task levels. An appropriate class of stochastic models was investigated which served as bottom level models in the hierarchial scheme. A unified measure of effectiveness called 'performability' was defined and formulated.
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    Type: NASA-CR-145270 , SEL-111 , SASR-2
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    Sonic boom analysis for high-altitude flight at high Mach number (1977)
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    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: Numerical programs for the computation of the flow field from the airplane at the flight altitude to the ground are presented. They take into account the nonlinear effects of high Mach number, the entropy change across the shock, the entropy and enthalpy variations in the atmospheric layer, and the gravitational effect. Extension of the programs for the axisymmetric problems to handle nonaxisymmetric terms is described. The asymmetry can be caused by the geometry of the body and the lift, and also by the fact that the variations in the atmospheric layer are two-dimensional. Numerical results for ground level signatures of several configurations at various flight conditions are presented and compared with existing approximate theories to demonstrate the influences of these nonlinear effects.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA PAPER 73-1034 , Selected Papers on Advanced Design of Air Vehicles; p 65-74|AIAA Aero-Acoustics Conf.; Oct 15, 1973 - Oct 17, 1973; Seattle
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    Forward speed effects on blown flap noise (1977)
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    Description: The effects of forward speed on the noise of under-the-wing (externally blown flaps, EBF) and over-the-wing (upper surface blown, USB) blown flap configurations were measured in wind tunnel model tests with cold jets. The results are presented without correction for the effects (e.g., signal convection, shear layer refraction) associated with flight simulation in a wind tunnel or free jet facility. Noise decreases were generally observed at microphones forward of the wing. The reductions were larger at the low frequencies (below peak SPL) than at the high (above peak SPL). Noise increases of 10 dB or more were observed at the aft microphones, especially in the high frequency range.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-1315 , Aeroacoustics Conference; Oct 03, 1977 - Oct 05, 1977; Atlanta, GA
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    Unsteady aerodynamic modeling for arbitrary motions (1977)
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    Description: A study is presented on the unsteady aerodynamic loads due to arbitrary motions of a thin wing and their adaptation for the calculation of response and true stability of aeroelastic modes. In an Appendix, the use of Laplace transform techniques and the generalized Theodorsen function for two-dimensional incompressible flow is reviewed. New applications of the same approach are shown also to yield airloads valid for quite general small motions. Numerical results are given for the two-dimensional supersonic case. Previously proposed approximate methods, starting from simple harmonic unsteady theory, are evaluated by comparison with exact results obtained by the present approach. The Laplace inversion integral is employed to separate the loads into 'rational' and 'nonrational' parts, of which only the former are involved in aeroelastic stability of the wing. Among other suggestions for further work, it is explained how existing aerodynamic computer programs may be adapted in a fairly straightforward fashion to deal with arbitrary transients.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-451 , Conference on Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials; Mar 24, 1977 - Mar 25, 1977; San Diego, CA; United States
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    A subsonic flow investigation on a research body at high angles of attack (1977)
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    Description: Tests conducted in the Ames 12-foot pressure wind tunnel on a rotating research body at angles of attack of 45 to 90 deg yielded results that were inconsistent with simple cross-flow theory. Consequently, force and pressure distribution tests along with oil and sublimation flow-visualization studies were conducted in the same tunnel on a nonrotating model to attempt to explain the behavior observed in the rotary tests. These studies indicate that at appropriate conditions of Reynolds number and angle of attack, inflectional instabilities occur in the boundary layer that materially affect separation and, hence, the aerodynamic forces. Calculations of cross-flow Reynolds numbers are made and compared with other works on inflectional instability.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-180 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Scramjet exhaust simulation technique for hypersonic aircraft nozzle design and aerodynamic tests (1977)
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    Description: Current design philosophy for scramjet-powered hypersonic aircraft results in configurations with the entire lower fuselage surface utilized as part of the propulsion system. The lower aft-end of the vehicle acts as a high expansion ratio nozzle. Not only must the external nozzle be designed to extract the maximum possible thrust force from the high energy flow at the combustor exit, but the forces produced by the nozzle must be aligned such that they do not unduly affect aerodynamic balance. The strong coupling between the propulsion system and aerodynamics of the aircraft makes imperative at least a partial simulation of the inlet, exhaust, and external flows of the hydrogen-burning scramjet in conventional facilities for both nozzle formulation and aerodynamic-force data acquisition. Aerodynamic testing methods offer no contemporary approach for such vehicle design requirements. NASA-Langley has pursued an extensive scramjet/airframe integration R&D program for several years and has recently developed a promising technique for simulation of the scramjet exhaust flow for hypersonic aircraft. Current results of the research program to develop a scramjet flow simulation technique through the use of substitute gas blends are described in this paper.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-82 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Merging of aircraft trailing vortices (1977)
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    Description: A merging-distance criterion for equal-strength corotational vortices is derived from low-turbulence wind-tunnel flow-visualization data. The vortex separation distance is normalized by defining a vortex core diameter based on circulation defect and angular-momentum defect. Merging may take place for larger separation distances than predicted from earlier two-dimensional inviscid calculations, which indicates that viscosity and possibly three-dimensional effects are important factors in the merging phenomenon. Hot-wire velocity distributions and rolling-moment measurements show that attenuation of the vortex hazard is associated with vortex merging.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-8 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Ground-based measurements of the wake vortex characteristics of a B747 aircraft in various configurations (1977)
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    Description: A Boeing 747 aircraft flew 54 passes at low level over ground-based sensors. Vortex velocities were measured by a laser-Doppler velocimeter, an array of monostatic acoustic sounders, and an array of propeller anemometers. Flow visualization of the wake was achieved using smoke and balloon tracers. Preliminary results were obtained on the initial downwash field, the time for merging of the multiple vortices, the velocity fields, vortex decay, and the effects of spoilers and differential flap settings on the dissipation and structure of vortices.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-9 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Reynolds number effects on shock-wave turbulent boundary-layer interactions - A comparison of numerical and experimental results (1977)
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    Description: An experiment is described that tests and guides computations of a shock-wave turbulent boundary-layer interaction flow over a 20-deg compression corner at Mach 2.85. Numerical solutions of the time-averaged Navier-Stokes equations for the entire flow field, employing various turbulence models, are compared with the data. Each model is critically evaluated by comparisons with the details of the experimental data. Experimental results for the extent of upstream pressure influence and separation location are compared with numerical predictions for a wide range of Reynolds numbers and shock-wave strengths.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-42 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Wind-tunnel and flight evaluation of spoilers as trailing-vortex hazard alleviation devices (1977)
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    Description: This paper presents the results of ground-based and flight investigations that have been performed at NASA for the purpose of development of spoilers as trailing-vortex hazard alleviation devices. Based on the results obtained in these investigations, it was found that the induced rolling moment on a trailing model can be reduced by spoilers located near the mid-semispan of a vortex-generating wing. Substantial reductions in induced rolling moment occur when the spoiler vortex attenuator is located well forward on both unswept and swept wing models. In addition, it was found by ground-based model tests and verified by full-scale flight tests that the existing flight spoilers on the B-747 aircraft are effective as trailing vortex attenuators. Based on the results of wind-tunnel investigations of the DC-10-30 and L-1011 aircraft models, the existing flight spoilers on both the DC-10-30 and L-1011 aircraft may also be effective trailing vortex attenuators.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-10 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Vorticity interaction effects on blunt bodies (1977)
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    Description: Numerical solutions of the viscous shock layer equations governing laminar and turbulent flows of a perfect gas and radiating and nonradiating mixtures of perfect gases in chemical equilibrium are presented for hypersonic flow over spherically blunted cones and hyperboloids. Turbulent properties are described in terms of the classical mixing length. Results are compared with boundary layer and inviscid flowfield solutions; agreement with inviscid flowfield data is satisfactory. Agreement with boundary layer solutions is good except in regions of strong vorticity interaction; in these flow regions, the viscous shock layer solutions appear to be more satisfactory than the boundary layer solutions. Boundary conditions suitable for hypersonic viscous shock layers are devised for an advanced turbulence theory.
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    Type: NASA-CR-2778 , DCW-R-08-01
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    Estimate of conjugate gamma and gamma prime compositions in Ni-base superalloys (1977)
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    Description: Approaches for estimating the composition of the matrix phase of alloys from the melt composition are reviewed. The first method is based on assigning essentially fixed stoichiometry to precipitating phases and is typified by PHACOMP. The second method uses analytical geometry to interpret phase diagrams and is applicable to a two-phase region of a six-component Ni-base system. The geometric method is also applicable to commercial Ni-base superalloys.
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    Type: NASA-TM-X-73576 , E-9033 , Workshop on Applications of Phase Diagrams in Metallurgy and Ceramics; Jan 10, 1977 - Jan 12, 1977; Gaithersburg, MD; United States
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    Inlet total pressure loss due to acoustic wall treatment (1977)
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    Description: The effect of diffuser wall acoustic treatment on inlet total pressure loss was experimentally determined. Data were obtained by testing an inlet model with 10 different acoustically treated diffusers differing only in the design of the Helmholtz resonator acoustic treatment. Tests were conducted in a wind tunnel at forward velocities to 41 meters per second for inlet throat Mach numbers of .5 to .8 and angles of attack as high as 50 degrees. Results indicate a pressure loss penalty due to acoustic treatment that increases linearly with the porosity of the acoustic facing sheet. For a surface porosity of 14 percent the total pressure loss was 21 percent greater than that for an untreated inlet.
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    Type: NASA-TM-X-73559 , E-8946 , Aerospace Sci. Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles
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    Unsteady subsonic and supersonic potential aerodynamics for complex configurations (1977)
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    Description: A recently developed general theory for unsteady compressible potential fluid dynamics for complex-configuration aircraft is reviewed. The method is based on a combination of the following techniques: Green's function method (to transform the differential equation into an integral differential-delay equation), finite element method (to transform the equation into a set of differential-delay equations in time), and the Laplace transform method (to transform the differential-delay equations into algebraic equations).
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    Type: International Symposium on Innovative Numerical Analysis in Applied Engineering Science; May 23, 1977 - May 27, 1977; Versailles; France
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    Computer simulation of hypersonic flow over the Space Shuttle Orbiter (1977)
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    Description: Computer simulations of the flow field around the Space Shuttle Orbiter are described. Results of inviscid calculations are presented for the shock wave pattern and bottom centerline pressure distribution at 30 deg angle of attack. Results of viscous calculations are presented for wall pressure and heat transfer distributions for simple configurations representative of regions where shock wave-boundary layer interactions occur. The computer codes are verified by comparisons with wind-tunnel data and can be applied to flight conditions.
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    Type: International Symposium on Space Technology and Science; May 16, 1977 - May 20, 1977; Tokyo; Japan
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    Displacement thickness distributions in transonic flows about 3-D wings (1977)
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    Description: The transonic 3-D inviscid small-perturbation solution of Bailey and Ballhaus is combined with a finite-difference solution for Prandtl's boundary-layer equations in order to include viscous effects. The inviscid-viscous interaction is modeled by means of the displacement surface, which can be thought of as the effective body surface seen by the inviscid flow. Displacement thickness, lift, and pressure distributions resulting from the combined solution are presented for transonic flows about the RAE 101 A wing and a Lockheed transport wing, both at small angles of attack. The influence of changing arbitrarily the start of transition on the displacement surface and lift is discussed for the RAE wing flow.
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    Type: Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics; Oct 11, 1977 - Oct 13, 1977; Cologne; Germany
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    Application of a multi-level grid method to transonic flow calculations (1977)
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    Description: A multi-level grid method has been studied as a possible means of accelerating convergence in relaxation calculations for transonic flows. The method employs a hierarchy of grids, ranging from very coarse (e.g., 8 x 2 mesh cells) to fine (e.g., 128 x 32); the coarser grids are used to diminish the magnitude of the smooth part of the residuals, hopefully with far less total work than would be required with, say, optimal SLOR iterations on the finest grid. The method was applied to the solution of the transonic small-disturbance equation for the velocity potential in the conservation form. Nonlifting transonic flow past a parabolic-arc airfoil is the example studied, with meshes of both constant and variable step size.
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    Type: Transonic flow problems in turbomachinery; Feb 11, 1976 - Feb 12, 1976; Monterey, CA
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    Effects of external stores on the air combat capability of a delta wing fighter (1977)
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    Description: Delta wing point-design fighters with two pylon mounted missiles and aft tail controls (similar to several Soviet designs) have been investigated for a Mach number range from about 0.6 to 2.0. Whereas minimum drag penalties that are expected with the addition of external stores do occur, the effects at higher lifts, corresponding to maneuvering flight, are less severe and often favorable. The drag-due-to-lift factor is less with stores on although the lift curve slope is unaffected. The longitudinal stability level is reduced by the addition of stores while the pitch control effectiveness is unchanged. The directional stability was generally reduced at subsonic speeds and increased at supersonic speeds by the addition of stores but sufficiently high stability levels are obtainable that are compatible with the longitudinal maneuvering limits. Some examples of the potential maneuvering capability in terms of normal acceleration and turn radius are included.
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    Type: Aircraft/Stores Compatibility Symposium; Oct 12, 1977 - Oct 14, 1977; Fort Walton Beach, FL
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    Forward flight effects on EBF noise (1977)
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    Description: Forward flight effects on local mean velocity and turbulence velocity profiles, surface pressure spectra, and far field acoustic pressure spectra were measured for a simple externally blown flap (EBF). Both upper-surface-blowing and under-the-wing configurations were tested. Ratio of acoustic wind tunnel velocity to nozzle exhaust velocity was varied from 0 to 3/8 in steps of 1/8. A method was determined for predicting forward flight effects on surface-radiated noise. This noise is decreased in amplitude and shifted to higher frequency relative to data obtained at zero flight speed. Predictions are validated by comparisons with published NASA, Boeing, and Lockheed data.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-1314 , Aeroacoustics Conference; Oct 03, 1977 - Oct 05, 1977; Atlanta, GA
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    Computation of nonlinear one-dimensional waves in near-sonic flows (1977)
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    Description: A nonlinear analysis is developed for sound propagation in a variable area duct in which the mean flow approaches choking conditions. A quasi-one-dimensional model is used; results of the standard linear theory are compared with the nonlinear results to assess the significance of the nonlinear terms. The nonlinear analysis represents the acoustic disturbance as a sum of interacting harmonics. Numerical results show that the basic signal is unaffected by the presence of higher harmonics if the throat Mach number is not too large, but as the Mach number approaches unity more harmonics are needed to describe the acoustic propagation. The strong interactions among harmonics in the numerical results occur in a region which is generally consistent with the nonlinear inner-expansion region of Callegari and Myers.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-1297 , Aeroacoustics Conference; Oct 03, 1977 - Oct 05, 1977; Atlanta, GA
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    Wing design by numerical optimization (1977)
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    Description: A study was conducted to assess the feasibility of performing computerized wing design by numerical optimization. The design program combined a full potential, inviscid aerodynamics code with a conjugate gradient optimization algorithm. Three design problems were selected to demonstrate the design technique. The first involved modifying the upper surface of the inboard 50% of a swept wing to reduce the shock drag subject to a constraint on wing volume. The second involved modifying the entire upper surface of the same swept wing (except the tip section) to increase the lift-drag ratio subject to constraints on wing volume and lift coefficient. The final problem involved modifying the inboard 50% of a low-speed wing to achieve good stall progression. Results from the three cases indicate that the technique is sufficiently accurate to permit substantial improvement in the design objectives.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-1247 , Aircraft Systems and Technology Meeting; Aug 22, 1977 - Aug 24, 1977; Seattle, WA
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    Load distribution on a close-coupled wing canard at transonic speeds (1977)
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    Description: This paper reports on a wind-tunnel test where load distributions were obtained at transonic speeds on both the canard and wing surfaces of a closely-coupled wing-canard configuration. The investigation included detailed component and configuration arrangement studies to provide insight into the various aerodynamic interference effects for the leading-edge vortex flow conditions encountered. Data indicate that increasing the Mach number from 0.70 to 0.95 caused the wing leading-edge vortex to burst over the wing when the wing was in the presence of the high canard. For some of the outboard span locations, the leading-edge vortex reattachment streamline intersects the wing trailing edge inboard of these span locations, thus, the Kutta condition was not satisfied. In general, the effect of adding a canard was to reduce the lift inboard and somewhat increase the lift outboard similar to the trends that would have been expected had the flow been attached.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-1132 , Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference; Aug 08, 1977 - Aug 10, 1977; Hollywood, FL
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    Maximum likelihood estimation of aerodynamic derivatives for an oblique wing aircraft from flight data (1977)
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    Description: There are several practical problems in using current techniques on 5-degree-of-freedom equations to estimate the stability and control derivatives of oblique wing aircraft from flight data. A technique has been developed to estimate these derivatives by separating the analysis of the longitudinal and lateral-directional motion without neglecting cross-coupling effects. This technique was used on flight data from a remotely piloted oblique wing aircraft. The results demonstrated that the relatively simple approach developed was adequate to obtain high quality estimates of the aerodynamic derivatives of such aircraft.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-1135 , Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference; Aug 08, 1977 - Aug 10, 1977; Hollywood, FL
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    Simplified unsteady aerodynamic concepts, with application to parameter estimation (1977)
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    Description: A simplified aerodynamic force model based on the physical principle of Prandtl's lifting line theory and trailing vortex concept has been developed to account for unsteadiness in the aircraft dynamics. The wake is assumed to be compressed to a single shed vortex element of appropriate strength moving downstream at a speed sufficient to approximate the Wagner function. Results are presented illustrating the ability of the simplified theory to duplicate exact solutions in unsteady aerodynamics. Further, consideration is given to the utility of the model in a parameter identification application.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-1124 , Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference; Aug 08, 1977 - Aug 10, 1977; Hollywood, FL
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    Active flutter control using generalized unsteady aerodynamic theory (1977)
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    Description: This paper describes the application of generalized unsteady aerodynamic theory to the problem of active flutter control. The controllability of flutter modes is investigated. It is shown that the response of aeroelastic systems is composed of a portion due to a rational transform and a portion due to a nonrational transform. The oscillatory response characteristic of flutter is due to the rational portion, and a theorem is given concerning the construction of a linear, finite-dimensional model of this portion of the system. The resulting rational model is unique and does not require state augmentation. Active flutter control designs using optimal regulator synthesis are presented.
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    Type: Guidance and Control Conference; Aug 08, 1977 - Aug 10, 1977; Hollywood, FL
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    Use of experimental separation limits in the theoretical design of V/STOL inlets (1977)
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    Description: Experimental data from several model inlets have been used to generate two parameters which are related to the limit of operation for inlet flow separation. One parameter, called the diffusion ratio, is the ratio of the peak velocity on the inlet surface to the velocity at the diffuser exit and is related to the boundary-layer separation at low throat Mach numbers. The other parameter, the peak Mach number on the inlet surface, is related to the separation at high throat Mach numbers. These parameters are easily calculated from potential flow solutions and thus can be used as a design tool in screening proposed inlet geometries. Any of the geometric design variables can be analyzed by this technique; but, this paper is restricted to the consideration of the internal lip contraction ratio. An illustrative example of an application to an inlet design study for a tilt nacelle VTOL airplane is presented. The study will show what value of contraction ratio is required to meet the operating requirements yet allow the inlet to remain free of separation as indicated by the two separation parameters.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-878 , Propulsion Conference; Jul 11, 1977 - Jul 13, 1977; Orlando, FL; US
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    Upper surface blowing aerodynamic and acoustic characteristics (1977)
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    Description: Aerodynamic performance at cruise, and noise effects due to variations in nacelle and wing geometry and mode of operation are studied using small aircraft models that simulate upper surface blowing (USB). At cruise speeds ranging from Mach .50 to Mach .82, the key determinants of drag/thrust penalties are found to be nozzle aspect ratio, boattailing angle, and chordwise position; number of nacelles; and streamlined versus symmetric configuration. Recommendations are made for obtaining favorable cruise configurations. The acoustic studies, which concentrate on the noise created by the jet exhaust flow and its interaction with wing and flap surfaces, isolate several important sources of USB noise, including nozzle shape, exit velocity, and impingement angle; flow pathlength; and flap angle and radius of curvature. Suggestions for lessening noise due to trailing edge flow velocity, flow pathlength, and flow spreading are given, though compromises between some design options may be necessary.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-608 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA; US
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    Theoretical study of hull-rotor aerodynamic interference on semibuoyant vehicles (1977)
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    Description: Theoretical methods are being developed to predict the mutual interference between rotor wakes and the hull for semibuoyant vehicles. The objective of the investigation is to predict the pressure distribution and overall loads on the hull in the presence of rotors whose locations, tilt angles, and disk loading are arbitrarily specified. The methods involve development of potential flow models for the hull alone in a nonuniform onset flow, a rotor wake which has the proper features to predict induced flow outside the wake, and a wake centerline specification technique which accounts for the reactions of the wake to a nonuniform crossflow. The flow models are used in sequence to solve for the mutual influence of the hull and rotor(s) on each other and the resulting loads. A flow separation model is included to estimate the influence of separation on hull loads at high sideslip angles. Only limited results have been obtained to date. These were obtained on a configuration which was tested in the Ames Research Center 7- by 10-Foot Low Speed Tunnel under Goodyear Aircraft Corporation sponsorship and indicate the nature of the interference pressure distribution on a configuration in hover.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-1172 , Lighter Than Air Systems Technology Conference; Aug 11, 1977 - Aug 12, 1977; Melbourne, FL
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    Computation of viscous transonic flow about a lifting airfoil (1977)
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    Description: The Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved numerically for the viscous transonic flow about a stationary NACA 64A010 airfoil in free air. This paper presents descriptions of the numerical method, turbulence models employed, and boundary conditions appropriate to simulation of free-air flight. Computed results are presented for the airfoil at a free-stream Mach number of 0.8, angles of attack of 0 and 2 deg, and a Reynolds number based on a chord of 4 x 10 to the 6th. For the lifting case, unsteady periodic motion was calculated along the aft portion of the airfoil and in its wake. Recent experimental results obtained by Johnson indicate periodicity aft of the shock closely approximates the computed frequency, but the amplitude of the disturbances was significantly less than the calculated amplitude.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-679 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Measurements of helicopter rotor tip vortices (1977)
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    Description: This paper presents results from a recent wind-tunnel investigation of model helicopter rotor tip vortices. Measurements were made of the vortex positions, core sizes, and velocity distributions. A laser velocimeter was used to make the measurements, and a minicomputer-based data system was used to process the data and to aid in controlling the experiment. The velocimeter, the data system, and the software developed for the minicomputer are briefly described. The rotors investigated were two-bladed, teetering rotors with diameters of 2.1 m. Two sets of blades were used, one set with zero twist and one set with -11 deg of linear twist. The vortex positions were obtained by making flow field traverses while strobing the data system at a fixed azimuth. Aging of a vortex element was also studied by following the convected element while strobing the data system at different azimuths. By this method, the effects on the vortex of a close interaction with a blade and another vortex were studied.
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    Type: AHS 77-33-06 , Annual National Forum; May 09, 1977 - May 11, 1977; Washington, DC
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    A study of the aerothermal environment for the Pioneer Venus multiprobe mission (1977)
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    Description: In December 1978, four Pioneer Venus probe spacecraft are scheduled for almost simultaneous entry into the Venusian atmosphere at widely dispersed points about the planet. In this study, both detailed and approximate flow field analyses are used to define the entry aerothermal environment for the forebody of each of the four probes. The results show that approximate analyses can be used to predict inviscid radiative and laminar convective heating rates with acceptable accuracy. However, the radiative heating rates obtained with inviscid analyses are significantly greater than those obtained with a nonablating viscous-shock-layer (VSL) analysis, because the VSL analysis includes a strongly absorbing boundary layer. Also, the results show that the radiative heating is sensitive to small variations in atmospheric gas composition while the convective heating is not affected. With carbon-phenolic injection, the convective heating is reduced substantially while the overall radiative heating reduction is very small. Most of the radiative blockage occurs in the atomic line transitions which is significant only in the stagnation region.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-766 , Thermophysics Conference; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Evaluation of turbulence models for three primary types of shock-separated boundary layers (1977)
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    Description: Zero-equation (algebraic), one-equation (kinetic energy), and two-equation (kinetic energy plus length scale) turbulence eddy viscosity models were used in computing three basic types of shock-separated boundary-layer flows. The three basic types of shock boundary-layer interaction discussed are: (1) a normal shock wave at transonic speeds, (2) a compression corner shock at supersonic speeds, and (3) an incident oblique shock at hypersonic speeds. The models tested are simple, unmodified models used extensively for incompressible, unseparated flows. A comparison of computed and measured results for the compressible, separated flows described herein indicates that model performance is dependent on flow configuration with no distinct superiority of one model over the other for all three flow configurations.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-692 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Calculation of transonic flow over supercritical airfoil sections (1977)
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    Description: Two numerical methods for calculating the transonic flow, including viscous effects over lifting airfoil sections and experimental data are compared for turbulent flow over a supercritical airfoil. In addition, results for a NACA 64A010 airfoil at nonzero angle of attack are compared to demonstrate the applicability of the numerical methods to classical, lifting airfoils. One numerical method is a solution to the time-averaged Navier-Stokes equations throughout the entire flow field. The other is a hybrid method that combines inviscid, boundary-layer, and Navier-Stokes equations in appropriate regions of the flow field. Both methods adequately predict the surface pressures and flow field about the 64A010 airfoil at M = 0.8 and alpha = 2 deg when an appropriate turbulence model is used. The methods are not as successful for the supercritical airfoil.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-681 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Theory of viscous transonic flow over airfoils at high Reynolds number (1977)
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    Description: This paper considers viscous flows with unseparated turbulent boundary layers over two-dimensional airfoils at transonic speeds. Conventional theoretical methods are based on boundary layer formulations which do not account for the effect of the curved wake and static pressure variations across the boundary layer in the trailing edge region. In this investigation an extended viscous theory is developed that accounts for both effects. The theory is based on a rational analysis of the strong turbulent interaction at airfoil trailing edges. The method of matched asymptotic expansions is employed to develop formal series solutions of the full Reynolds equations in the limit of Reynolds numbers tending to infinity. Procedures are developed for combining the local trailing edge solution with numerical methods for solving the full potential flow and boundary layer equations. Theoretical results indicate that conventional boundary layer methods account for only about 50% of the viscous effect on lift, the remaining contribution arising from wake curvature and normal pressure gradient effects.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-680 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Development of prediction techniques for multi-jet thermal ground flow fields and fountain formation (1977)
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    Description: Avoiding detrimental ground interaction is important for practical V/STOL aircraft. This paper reports recent developments in a numerical method for estimating thermal ground footprints. Upwash and fountain formation for arbitrarily oriented jet arrangements is predicted. Flow asymmetry due to roll, pitch, differential thrust or ground inclination is included. The prediction methodology uses simple inviscid relations for energy and momentum conservation along with an empirical entrainment law, applied in independent sectors of the wall jet and upwash. Asymmetrical stagnation line prediction is compared with experiment. Detailed flow measurements for a three-jet interaction are also presented.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-616 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA; US
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    Vortices induced in a stagnation region by wakes - Their incipient formation and effects on heat transfer from cylinders (1977)
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    Description: Horseshoe-like vortices, induced by wakes in the stagnation region of bluff bodies, are proposed as an efficient mechanism for augmentation of convective heat transfer. The vortex 'flow module' induced by single or multiple wakes, which had not been observed previously, was first documented and the resulting flow field was studied using various visualization techniques and hot-wire anemometry. In an attempt to understand the driving force behind this flow module, the conditions at which incipient formation of the vortices occurs were investigated. Existence of such a threshold is essential and was hitherto an open question in analytical studies of stability of flow in stagnation region. Finally, effects of the flow module on heat transfer from a cylinder were measured.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-790 , Thermophysics Conference; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Radiation induced precursor flow field ahead of a Jovian entry body (1977)
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    Description: The change in flow properties ahead of the bow shock of a Jovian entry body, resulting from absorption of radiation from the shock layer, is investigated. Ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by the free stream gases, causing dissociation, ionization, and an increase in enthalpy of flow ahead of the shock wave. As a result of increased fluid enthalpy, the entire flow field in the precursor region is perturbed. The variation in flow properties is determined by employing the small perturbation technique of classical aerodynamics as well as the thin layer approximation for the preheating zone. By employing physically realistic models for radiative transfer, solutions are obtained for velocity, pressure, density, temperature, and enthalpy variations. The results indicate that the precursor effects, in general, are greater for lower altitudes and higher entry velocities. At higher altitudes precursor effects are felt farther in the free-stream. Just ahead of the shock the effects are larger at lower altitudes.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-768 , Thermophysics Conference; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Use of simplified flow separation criteria for slotted flap preliminary design (1977)
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    Description: From experimental correlations of airfoil and flap pressure distributions, it is observed that flow separation is likely to occur when the canonical pressure recovery coefficient (C sub pr) exceeds a critical value. A procedure is described for obtaining the C sub pr parameter from modified inviscid analysis. The procedure has been applied to preliminary design studies of a new slotted flap to determine the influence of shape and location. Experiments are planned to evaluate the flap designed by this procedure.
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    Type: SAE PAPER 770481 , Business Aircraft Meeting; Mar 29, 1977 - Apr 01, 1977; Wichita, KS
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    In-flight measurements of the GA/W/-2 aerodynamic characteristics (1977)
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    Description: Flight tests of a new 13% General Aviation Airfoil - the GA(W)-2 - gloved full span onto the existing wing of a Beech Sundowner have generated chordwise pressure distributions and wake surveys. Section lift, drag and moment coefficients derived from these measurements verify wind tunnel data and theory predicting the performance of this airfoil. The effect of steps, rivets and surface coatings upon the drag of the GA(W)-2 was also evaluated.
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    Type: SAE PAPER 770461 , Business Aircraft Meeting; Mar 29, 1977 - Apr 01, 1977; Wichita, KS
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    Studies of flow separation and stalling on one- and two-element airfoils at low speeds (1977)
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    Description: Research has been conducted on the nature of airfoil behavior at pre- and post-separated angles of attack. Detailed wind tunnel studies have been made of boundary layer and wake fields for the GA(W)-1 airfoil, and the airfoil with a 0.3 chord Fowler flap. Experimental data are compared with theoretical predictions from a multi-element viscous flow computer program. Theoretical predictions are reasonably accurate for unseparated flows, but have serious errors when separation is present. Some recent techniques for modeling post-separated flow behavior are discussed in light of the present experiments.
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    Type: SAE PAPER 770442 , Business Aircraft Meeting; Mar 29, 1977 - Apr 01, 1977; Wichita, KS
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    Flight boundary layer transition measurements on a slender cone at Mach 20 (1977)
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    Description: Experimental flight boundary layer transition data have been obtained on a 3.962-m-long, 5 deg half-angle cone with an initial nose radius of 0.254 cm. The data were obtained during re-entry from altitudes of approximately 30.480 to 18.288 km at a free-stream Mach number of 20. The free-stream Reynolds number varied from 6.56 x 10 to the 6th/m to 52.5 x 10 to the 6th/m, and the total enthalpy from about 18.3 to 16.9 MJ/kg. The locations of the beginning and end of transition were determined by the intersection of curves faired throug the laminar, transitional, and turbulent heating-rate data. The temperature-history technique for determining transition as currently used (sharp break in curve) was shown to compare unfavorably with the heating-rate-distribution method. The heating-rate-history technique, which is proportional to the temperature derivative and consequently more sensitive to perturbations, gives better agreement with the heating-rate distribution transition results.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-719 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Application of numerical optimization to the design of supercritical airfoils without drag-creep (1977)
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    Description: Recent applications of numerical optimization to the design of advanced airfoils for transonic aircraft have shown that low-drag sections can be developed for a given design Mach number without an accompanying drag increase at lower Mach numbers. This is achieved by imposing a constraint on the drag coefficient at an off-design Mach number while the drag at the design Mach number is the objective function. Such a procedure doubles the computation time over that for single design-point problems, but the final result is worth the increased cost of computation. The ability to treat such multiple design-point problems by numerical optimization has been enhanced by the development of improved airfoil shape functions. Such functions permit a considerable increase in the range of profiles attainable during the optimization process.
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    Type: SAE PAPER 770440 , Business Aircraft Meeting; Mar 29, 1977 - Apr 01, 1977; Wichita, KS
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    The effect of blade sweep on propeller performance (1977)
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    Description: The advanced propeller developed for high Mach number cruise incorporates swept blades to reduce compressibility losses. In order to evaluate the induced flow-field vortex lattice methods are applied to a swept propeller blade. The blade is modeled by a radial distribution of helical horseshoe vortices with a single swept bound vortex at the quarter chord and the control point at the three-quarter chord of each radial section. The results of numerical calculations show that the power coefficient decreases as the blade is swept and the power loading distribution shifts inboard.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-716 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Flow study in the cross sectional planes of a turbine scroll (1977)
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    Description: A numerical study of the nonviscous flow characteristics in the cross-sectional planes of a radial inflow turbine scroll is presented. The velocity potential is used in the formulation to determine the flow velocity in these planes resulting from the continuous mass discharge. The effect of the through flow velocity is simulated by a continuous distribution of source/sink in the cross-section. A special iterative procedure is devised to handle the solution of the resulting Poisson's differential equation with Neumann boundary conditions in a domain with generally curved boundaries. The analysis is used to determine the effects of the radius of curvature, the location of the scroll section and its geometry on the flow characteristics in the turbine scroll.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-714 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Effect of surface cooling and roughness on transition for the Shuttle Orbiter (1977)
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    Description: An analysis of roughness-induced boundary-layer transition examines the sensitivity of the Orbiter boundary-layer transition criteria to surface cooling, to surface roughness, and to the assumed flow-field model. The experimental data were obtained using a 0.0175-scale Orbiter with surface roughness represented by misaligned heat-shield tiles for surface temperatures from 0.12 stagnation temperature (a value typical of entry conditions) to 0.42 stagnation temperature (a value typical of continuous-flow wind-tunnels). Tile misalignment had only a slight effect on the heat transfer and on the trasition locations for wall temperature = 0.42 stagnation temperature. Cooling the boundary layer caused the tile-induced disturbances to increase significantly, promoting premature transition. Correlation of the effects of the misalignment height and of surface cooling in promoting transition are presented and predictions are made for typical Orbiter entry conditions.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-704 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Numerical solution of supersonic laminar flow over a three-dimensional compression corner (1977)
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    Description: A newly developed, rapid numerical scheme is extended to three dimensions to solve the complete Navier-Stokes equations for a supersonic, laminar flow over a compression corner with sidewall effects. The program is coded so that it can solve for a general curved ramp surface geometry such as found in inlets and fuselage-wing-flap junctions. A test case of Mach 3.0 flow is calculated. In regions where three-dimensional effects are small, good agreement is obtained between the present calculation and previous two-dimensional solutions. In other regions, the results show complex three-dimensional flow-field interactions including shock-shock and shock/boundary-layer interactions
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-694 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Direct measurements of wall shear stress by buried wire gages in a shock-wave boundary-layer interaction region (1977)
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    Description: Detailed measurements of wall shear stress (skin friction) were made with specially developed buried wire gages in the interaction regions of a Mach 2.9 turbulent boundary layer with externally generated shocks. Separation and reattachment points inferred by these measurements support the findings of earlier experiments which used a surface oil flow technique and pitot profile measurements. The measurements further indicate that the boundary layer tends to attain significantly higher skin-friction values downstream of the interaction region as compared to upstream. Comparisons between measured wall shear stress and published results of some theoretical calculation schemes show that the general, but not detailed, behavior is predicted well by such schemes.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-691 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Form drag, skin friction, and vortex shedding frequencies for subsonic and transonic crossflows on circular cylinder (1977)
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    Description: A series of wind-tunnel tests covering a range of Mach numbers and Reynolds numbers in subsonic and transonic flows was conducted on a circular cylinder placed normal to the flow. Form drag coefficients were determined from surface-pressure measurements and displayed as a function of Mach number to show the drag rise phenomenon. Buried wire gages arranged on the model surface were used to measure skin-friction distributions and vortex-shedding frequencies at different flow conditions. It was found that detectable periodic shedding ceases above M = 0.9. The measured skin-friction distributions indicate the positions of mean separation points clearly; these values are documented for the different flow conditions.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-687 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    An experimental and computational investigation of the steady and unsteady transonic flow fields about an airfoil in a solid-wall test channel (1977)
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    Description: An experimental and computational investigation of the steady and unsteady transonic flow field about a thick airfoil is described. An operational computer code for solving the two-dimensional, compressible Navier-Stokes equations for flow over airfoils was modified to include solid-wall, slipflow boundary conditions to properly assess the code and help guide the development of improved turbulence models. Steady and unsteady flow fields about an 18% thick circular arc airfoil at Mach numbers of 0.720, 0.754, and 0.783 and a chord Reynolds number of 11 x 10 to the 6th are predicted and compared with experiment. For the first time, computed results for unsteady turbulent flows with separation caused by a shock wave were obtained which qualitatively reproduce the time-dependent aspects of experiments. Features such as the intensity and reduced frequency of airfoil surface-pressure fluctuations, oscillatory regions of trailing-edge and shock-induced separation, and the Mach number range for unsteady flows were all qualitatively reproduced.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-678 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Lift enhancement by an externally trapped vortex (1977)
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    Description: A theoretical study is made of the performance capabilities of a lift concept that utilizes a spanwise vortex over the upper surface of the wing. The vortex is generated by a vertical flap near the leading edge of the wing and maintained by suction through orifices in endplates at the wingtip. The analysis approximates the three-dimensional flow field with a two-dimensional configuration that is mapped by conformal transformation into the flow about a circle. Theoretical solutions for a range of flap and orifice configurations predict that section lift coefficients up to around 10 can be achieved. It is concluded that such a lift concept is applicable to STOL aircraft if the vortex can be adequately stabilized and if the endplate suction can be generated efficiently.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-672 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Effect of wing fins on lift-generated wakes (1977)
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    Description: A theoretical and experimental study has been made of the effect of wing-mounted fins on the vortex wakes of subsonic aircraft. The theory is used (a) to gain an understanding of wake alleviation by vortex injection and (b) to guide the experimental investigation. Wind-tunnel tests were used to evaluate the alleviation achievable and to find the optimum values for the various fin parameters. It was found that vertical fins mounted on the upper surface of a wing could lower the wake-induced rolling moments on an encountering wing by a factor of 3 or more. The most promising fin configuration found for the Boeing 747 model is a fin positioned 48% outboard from the centerline to the wingtip with a height of 0.014 span, a chord of 0.085 span, and an 18 deg angle of attack. This fin configuration caused a 10% increase in drag but no lift penalty.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-671 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Rolling moments in a trailing vortex flow field (1977)
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    Description: Pressure distributions are presented which were measured on a wing in close proximity to a tip vortex of known structure generated by a larger, upstream semispan wing. Overall loads calculated by integration of these pressures are checked by independent measurements made with an identical model mounted on a force balance. Several conventional methods of wing analysis are used to predict the loads on the following wing. Strip theory is shown to give uniformly poor results for loading distribution, although predictions of overall lift and rolling moment are sometimes acceptable. Good results are obtained for overall coefficients and loading distribution by using linearized pressures in vortex-lattice theory in conjunction with a rectilinear vortex. The equivalent relation from reverse-flow theory that can be used to give economic predictions for overall loads is presented.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-670 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Effect of angle of attack and Mach number on slender wing aerodynamics (1977)
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    Description: An analytic theory is presented in which the classical slender wing theory is modified to account for the combined effects of large angle of attack and nonsonic Mach number on the unsteady aerodynamics. The computed results agree well with available static and dynamic experimental data for slender delta wings in the freestream Mach number range between 0 and 2.8. The method was extended to compute the unsteady aerodynamics of the space shuttle orbiter by defining an equivalent slender wing using static experimental data. The results obtained in this manner are in good agreement with dynamic experimental results for the freestream Mach number range between 0.3 and 1.2.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-667 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Aerodynamics of slender finned bodies at large angles of attack (1977)
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    Description: In certain missions finned missiles perform slewing maneuvers. Here, large angles of attack are attained. Experimental data needed to understand the aerodynamics of such vehicles are presented. The purpose of this investigation was to study the interaction of the body flow field with that produced by the fins and the resulting effects on the aerodynamic forces and moments. The experiments were conducted at a nominal Mach number of 2.7 and angles of attack from 0 to 50 deg, with two different models. The tests were performed in a range of Reynolds number from 1.5 x 10 to the 6th to 4 x 10 to the 7th per foot (to cover both the laminar and fully turbulent regimes.) Several fin roll angles were investigated. Static pressures on both body and fin surfaces are reported.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-666 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    Implicit finite difference simulation of flow about arbitrary geometries with application to airfoils (1977)
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    Description: Finite difference procedures are used to solve either the Euler equations or the 'thin layer' Navier-Stokes equations subject to arbitrary boundary conditions. An automatic grid generation program is employed, and because an implicit finite difference algorithm for the flow equations is used, time steps are not severely limited when grid points are finely distributed. Computational efficiency and compatibility to vectorized computer processors is maintained by use of approximate factorization techniques. Computed results for both inviscid and viscous flow about airfoils are described and compared to various known solutions.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-665 , Conference on Fluid and Plasmadynamics; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 29, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    A finite volume method for transonic potential flow calculations (1977)
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    Description: It is proposed to solve the exact transonic potential flow equation on a mesh constructed from small volume elements, which can be conveniently packed around any reasonably smooth configuration. The calculation is performed on two sets of interlocking cells. The velocity and density are calculated in the primary cells, and a flux balance is then established in the secondary cells. The scheme is desymmetrized by the addition of artificial viscosity in the supersonic zone. Some results are included for a swept wing and a wing-cylinder combination.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-635 , Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 28, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    An implicit shock-fitting scheme for unsteady transonic flow computations (1977)
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    Description: The alternating-direction implicit scheme developed by NASA Ames for unsteady transonic flows has been modified to include a shock-fitting algorithm as well as an analytically stretched coordinate system. The shock-fitting procedure treats shock waves as discontinuities normal to the free stream. Improvements in shock position and the unsteady pressure distributions are obtained by this modification. The various types of shock motion observed experimentally by Tijdeman are well simulated in calculations using the modified computational scheme. The method of detecting shock wave formation and the procedure for fitting a moving shock wave are illustrated. Results for a pulsating parabolic arc airfoil and for an NACA 64A006 airfoil with oscillating quarter-chord flap are presented and discussed.
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    Type: AD-A067480 , AFOSR-TR-79-0380 , AIAA PAPER 77-633 , Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference; Jun 27, 1977 - Jun 28, 1977; Albuquerque, NM
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    The transonic multi-foil Augmentor-Wing (1977)
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    Description: The paper describes the development of a transonic blown multi-foil Augmentor-Wing airfoil section that has a thickness/chord (t/c) value of 0.18. In comparison with an unblown single-foil supercritical section of the same overall t/c the new multi-foil section is characterized by an increased drag rise Mach number, increased buffet boundaries, and a reduction in 'effective' drag due to blowing. Potential advantages of the Augmentor-Wing are considered and the testing of three high-speed models in a trisonic pressurized wind tunnel (possessing a two-dimensional transonic insert) is discussed. The data indicate that a very thick wing is feasible since separations toward the rear of the main foil can be controlled both by shroud location and augmentor blowing.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-606 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA; US
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    A lifting surface theory for thrust augmenting ejectors (1977)
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    Description: The circulation theory of airfoil lift has been applied to calculate the performance of thrust augmenting ejectors. The ejector shroud is considered to be 'flying' in the secondary velocity field induced by the entrainment of the primary jet, so that the augmenting thrust is viewed as analogous to the lift on an airfoil. Vortex lattice methods are utilized to compute the thrust augmentation from the force on the flaps. The augmentation is shown to be a function of the length and shape of the flaps, as well as their position and orientation. Predictions of this new theory are compared with the results of classical methods of calculating the augmentation by integration of the stream thrust.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-604 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA; US
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    Surface fluctuating pressure measurements on a 1/4-scale YC-14 boilerplate model (1977)
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    Description: A research program is conducted for the study of the fluctuating loads imposed on both upper-surface blown-flap and externally blown-flap powered-lift STOL aircraft configurations by the impingement of the jet engine exhaust flow. Attention is given to the measurement of the unsteady pressures at 30 positions in the vicinity of the jet exhaust on the surface of a NASA 1/4-scale YC-14 boilerplate wing and fuselage section.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-592 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA
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    Effects of jet decay rate on jet induced loads on a flat plate (1977)
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    Description: Experimental modelling of the interaction between a jet and an aircraft wing or fuselage in VTOL aircraft was undertaken using a cold jet exiting perpendicular to a flat plate in a uniform cross-flow. Effects of jet decay rate and jet-to-cross-flow velocity ratio, R, on the induced load distribution were investigated. Jet decay rate was increased by using cylindrical centerbodies submerged in the jet nozzle, which caused nonuniform initial jet velocity profiles. Quicker jet decay rate, corresponding to the presence of a centerbody, resulted in as much as 50% reduction in the induced pressure loads on the plate. This has implications in interpretation of results from earlier VTOL model studies of jet induced loads, where the jets have often had relatively slow decay rates due to uniform initial velocity profiles
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-596 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA
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    Modelling techniques for jet impingement (1977)
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    Description: A technique for testing scale models for the determination of fluctuating pressure loads due to jet impingement has been investigated using a quarter-scale model of a boilerplate test facility in which a JT-15D engine with a rectangular outer nozzle blows over a small curved airfoil representing the upper-surface of a wing. When model and full-scale spectra of fluctuating surface pressures are reduced to plots of pressure coefficient power-spectral density vs Strouhal number, moderate agreement is obtained, but a shift of spectral peaks is noted. However, when a correction for the ratio of average jet to ambient temperature is applied, the spectral peaks agree.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-591 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA
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    Fluctuating loads on the flap surfaces of an externally-blown-flap configuration (1977)
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    Description: An experimental program to obtain the fluctuating loads on the surfaces of a triple-slotted externally-blown-flap powered-lift STOL configuration was conducted. A large model of a wing/flap system and a TF-34 medium bypass ratio engine was investigated. Measurements of the fluctuating pressure, static pressure, and surface temperature resulting from the jet impingement were obtained at several locations on the surfaces of the second and third flaps. Fluctuating pressure data include overall level, power-spectral density (PSD), cross-correlation coefficient, coherency, and phase angle of the cross power-spectral density. These data indicate that more than one mechanism contributes to the fluctuating pressure levels on the flaps. In the immediate area above the intersection of the engine centerline and the flap, low frequency pressures dominate the overall fluctuating pressure levels. In other areas, such as below this intersection and outboard on the flaps, the PSD curve reaches a peak value at a Strouhal number ranging from 0.22 to 0.45.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-589 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA
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    Theoretical prediction of over-wing-blowing aerodynamics (1977)
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    Description: A theoretical method is developed for predicting the aerodynamic characteristics of wings with over-wing-blowing jet. The method allows the jet to stay above the wing surface as well as to wash the surface. It accounts for the wing-jet interaction due to differences between the jet and freestream dynamic pressures and Mach numbers, in addition to the jet entrainment. For the former effect, the quasi-vortex-lattice method is used to satisfy the jet and wing boundary conditions. For the latter, a new theory was developed to calculate the jet entrained flow for given jet properties. Comparison of predicted results with available data of various configurations shows reasonably good agreement. Further theoretical analysis indicates that it is aerodynamically advantageous to locate the jet exit near and ahead of the wing leading edge, and that the camber shape has significant effect on the induced drag.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-575 , V/STOL Conference; Jun 06, 1977 - Jun 08, 1977; Palo Alto, CA
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    Vortex pairing and organized structures in axisymmetric jets under controlled excitation (1977)
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    Description: A description is given of experiments which have been carried out in a circular air jet facility consisting of two settling chambers in sequence. Sinusoidal perturbations in the exit profile are introduced at controlled frequencies and amplitudes with the aid of a loudspeaker attached to the wall of the first chamber. It was found that vortex pairing in circular jets can occur in two distinct modes, including the shear layer mode and the jet mode. Amplitude variations, the conditions for strong vortex pairing, and the spectral evolution downstream are illustrated with the aid of graphs.
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    Type: Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows; Apr 18, 1977 - Apr 20, 1977; University Park, PA
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    Boundary layer shear stress in subsonic and supersonic flow (1977)
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    Description: A wide range of shear stress distributions for turbulent boundary layers is examined. A solution for the shear stress in terms of the mean flow is obtained for the limiting case of large Reynolds numbers. Attention is given to turbulent boundary layer shear stress, zero pressure gradient flow, increasing pressure gradient flow, and decreasing pressure gradient flow.
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    Type: Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows; Apr 18, 1977 - Apr 20, 1977; University Park, PA
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    A critical evaluation of invariant second-order closure models for subsonic boundary layers (1977)
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    Description: Computations based on several second-order turbulence models, including full Reynolds stress and two-equation models, are compared with a number of boundary-layer experiments. In general, the models represent the data reasonably well, with skin friction tending to be somewhat overpredicted in the far downstream region of the adverse pressure gradient experiments. A discussion of the behavior of the ARAP full Reynolds stress model in predicting the components of the Reynolds stress tensor is given. It is concluded that compatibility at the wall may necessitate the use of more than one length scale.
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    Type: Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows; Apr 18, 1977 - Apr 20, 1977; University Park, PA
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    Numerical solution of three-dimensional free turbulent shear flows (1977)
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    Description: Numerical results are presented for three-dimensional compressible turbulent jet and wake flows. An alternating direction implicit numerical procedure is used to solve the finite-difference form of the parabolic elliptic Navier-Stokes equations. A coordinate transformation maps the boundaries at infinity into a finite computational domain in order to properly specify infinity boundary conditions as well as contain the downstream growth of the viscous flow field in a fixed computational grid. Turbulence closure is achieved through an algebraic mixing length eddy viscosity model. Numerical results for supersonic flow are presented for an axisymmetric jet, an elliptical jet, an elliptical wake, and two interacting rectangular jets. Experimental data were not available for comparison with the numerical results. However, the results compare well with empirical results for free shear flows.
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    Type: Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows; Apr 18, 1977 - Apr 20, 1977; University Park, PA
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    A simplified theory of oscillating airfoils in transonic flow - Review and extension (1977)
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    Description: Significant old and new results are presented to show to what extent a simplified theory for transonic flow may be used. Solutions are obtained by classical techniques and compared with experiment. Results are given for two-dimensional, steady and unsteady flow and three-dimensional, steady flow. The effects of flow separation and improvements in Bernoulli's equations and the surface boundary condition are also briefly discussed.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-445 , Conference on Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials; Mar 21, 1977 - Mar 23, 1977; San Diego, CA; US|Mar 24, 1977 - Mar 25, 1977
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    Nonlinear, unsteady aerodynamic loads on rectangular and delta wings (1977)
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    Description: Nonlinear unsteady aerodynamic loads on rectangular and delta wings in an incompressible flow are calculated by using an unsteady vortex-lattice model. Examples include flows past fixed wings in unsteady uniform streams and flows past wings undergoing unsteady motions. The unsteadiness may be due to gusty winds or pitching oscillations. The present technique establishes a reliable approach which can be utilized in the analysis of problems associated with the dynamics and aeroelasticity of wings within a wide range of angles of attack.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-156 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Experiments on transonic and supersonic turbulent boundary-layer separation (1977)
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    Description: Results of experimental investigations into turbulent boundary-layer behavior under the influence of pressure gradients and with separation are presented for transonic and supersonic flow fields. In the transonic case, an axisymmetric model was implemented consisting of an annular circular arc bump affixed to a circular cylinder aligned with the flow direction. For the supersonic separation study, an oblique shock wave impinging on the wind tunnel wall boundary layer was employed to cause separation. The mean streamwise and normal velocity components as well as the respective turbulence intensities were obtained with a two-color frequency shifted laser velocimeter.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-47 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Investigations related to the inviscid-viscous interaction in transonic flows about finite 3-D wings (1977)
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    Description: Inviscid small-disturbance theory has been shown to predict three-dimensional transonic flows about finite wings reasonably well as long as viscous effects are negligible. In order to include these effects, the inviscid small-disturbance solution of Bailey and Ballhaus (1975) has been combined with a finite-difference solution for Prandtl's boundary-layer equations. This solution employs the conditionally stable Krause (1968) scheme, implicit in the direction normal to the wall, to cope with the domain-of-dependence problem that arises for reverse cross flow. To be consistent with the inviscid-flow solution, the boundary layer is computed in the representative wing planform plane which is transformed into rectangular shape in the computational domain. The flow has been assumed turbulent, and a scalar eddy-viscosity model is adopted. The interaction between inviscid and viscous flow is modeled with the help of the displacement surface which is added to the geometric wing shape. Sample distributions of displacement thickness for swept wings are presented for weak and strong interaction cases.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-209 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Supersonic flow about circular cones at large angles of attack - A floating discontinuity approach (1977)
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    Description: The technique of floating shock fitting is adapted to the computation of the inviscid flowfield about circular cones in a supersonic free stream at angles of attack that exceed the cone half-angle. In those regions in which the governing conical equations are mixed elliptic-hyperbolic, the fully hyperbolic form is obtained by the addition of the temporal derivative. The resulting equations are applicable over the complete range of free-stream Mach numbers, angles of attack and cone half-angles for which the bow shock is attached. An explicit finite-difference algorithm is used to obtain the solution by an unsteady relaxation approach. The bow shock, embedded crossflow shock, and vortical singularity in the leeward symmetry plane are all treated as floating discontinuities in a fixed computational mesh. The method yields excellent results for the bow and embedded shocks, however, the solution in the leeward symmetry plane exhibits viscous-like effects and does not appear to adequately predict the behavior of the vortical singularity.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-86 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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    Prediction of laminar and turbulent boundary layer flow separation in V/STOL engine inlets (1977)
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    Description: The paper provides a theoretical description of the development of the boundary layer on the lip and diffuser surface of a subsonic inlet at arbitrary operating conditions of mass flow rate, freestream velocity and incidence angle. Both laminar separation on the lip and turbulent separation in the diffuser are discussed. The agreement of the theoretical results with model experimental data illustrates the capability of the theory to predict separation. The effects of throat Mach number, inlet size, and surface roughness on boundary-layer development and separation are illustrated.
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    Type: AIAA PAPER 77-144 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 24, 1977 - Jan 26, 1977; Los Angeles, CA
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