Journal of Aircraft · 1978 · 34 citations · 9 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringPhysicsAerodynamicsComputational Fluid DynamicsFluid DynamicsAerodynamic DesignAirfoil TheoryComputational AerodynamicsExperimental AerodynamicsStall DynamicsWing AerodynamicsAirfoil AerodynamicsAirfoil DesignAirfoil StallDrag PredictionFlow Over AirfoilsPressure RecoveryStallStall Aerodynamics
Several new airfoils are presented which have short pieces of steep favorable pressure gradient followed by an early pressure recovery which is a compromise between the Stratford distribution and soft stall. The drag polars are computed by a mathematical model, which is briefly described. For comparison, NACA 652 - 415 and NASA GA(W)-1 airfoils are evaluated using the same model; in this case the results are also compared with experimental drag polars.
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