Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science · 1969 · 10 citations · 1 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAerodynamicsAircraft DesignComputational MechanicsAerodynamic DesignAirfoil TheoryComputational AerodynamicsWing AerodynamicsWing DesignWing TheoryAircraft Aerodynamic DesignBlade AerodynamicsBlade DesignBlade GeometryTangential VelocityTangential Velocity DistributionVelocityVelocity Distribution
An extension of Martensen's method is described which permits an exact solution of the inverse or blade design problem. An equation is derived for the normal velocity distributed about a given contour when a given tangential velocity is imposed about the contour and from this normal velocity an initial arbitrarily chosen blade shape may be successively modified until a blade is found having a desired surface velocity distribution. Five examples of the method are given.
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