A multipoint inverse airfoil design method for slot-suction airfoils

Faxooq Saeed, Michael S. Selig

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Abstract

Owing to a renewed interest in advanccd-concept transport aircraft with active boundary-layer control (suction and/or blowing), a generalized multipoint method for the inverse design of airfoils with slot suction in incompressible potential flow is presented. Such a design tool could be used interactively to perform rapid trade studies to examine the potential payoff for boundary-layer control as applied to the advanced-concept wings. The method, which is based on conformai mapping, draws on the theory first published by Eppler and extended by Selig and Maughmer. The theory predicts an increased lift coefficient and a non-zero value for the drag coefficient as a result of the slot suction—a price to be paid for the increased lift. The theory also shows that this rion-zero value of the drag coefficient is exactly equal to twice the suction coefficient. Two examples are discussed to illustrate the method and the corresponding change in the aerodynamic characteristics of the airfoils as a result of slot-suction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication13th Applied Aerodynamics Conference
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
Pages768-778
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9781563471230
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995
Event13th Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 1995 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Jun 19 1995Jun 22 1995

Publication series

Name13th Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Other

Other13th Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 1995
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period6/19/956/22/95

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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