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Calculation of Potential Flow about Arbitrary Three Dimensional Wings using Internal Singularity Distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

N. Singh,
G. Bandyopadhyay and
B.C. Basu
N. Singh
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
G. Bandyopadhyay
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
B.C. Basu
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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Summary

A first order panel method has been developed for calculating the incompressible potential flow about arbitrary three-dimensional wings. The method utilises a distribution of source and vorticity singularities on the mean camber surface of the wing and solves for the distribution by satisfying the boundary condition of zero normal flow at selected points on the surface of the wing. The method takes less computing time compared to other existing first order methods for the comparable numerical accuracy. This method can handle wings having cusped trailing edges and thin sections.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , August 1983, pp. 197 - 211
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1983

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