Question: In this problem you will model non - lifting flow over a unit - chord NACA 0 0 2 0 airfoil using discrete sources placed

In this problem you will model non-lifting flow over a unit-chord NACA 0020 airfoil using discrete
sources placed on the chordline, as shown below.
The unknowns are the strengths of the N sources, Qj,1jN, whose coordinates are vec(x)j. The
equations are flow tangency enforced at the N control points, vec(x)icp. By superposition, the velocity
at control point i is
vec(v)i=j=1Nvec(v)ij+Uhat(i)
where vec(v)ij is the velocity induced by source j on control point i. Flow tangency requires that
vec(v)i*vec(n)i=0, where vec(n)i is the normal vector (perpendicular to the geometry) at control point i. The
geometry of the airfoil surface is
y=+-[0.2969x2-0.1260x-0.3516x2+0.2843x3-0.1015x4]
a) Derive an expression for vec(v)ij in terms of Qj, the coordinates of control point i : vec(x)icp=
(xicp,yicp), and the coordinates of node j:vec(x)j=(xj,yj).
b) Determine Aij in the expression
vec(v)ij*vec(n)i=AijQj,(no implied sums)
Your answer should be in terms of vec(x)icp,vec(x)j, and vec(n)i. Give a formula for vec(n)i in terms of the
geometry and its slope.
c) Show that the flow tangency condition applied at the N control points gives a linear system
of equations for the unknown source strengths,
AQ=b
where A is an N by N matrix with entries Aij(from the previous part), Q is a vector of N
unknown source strengths, and b is a right-hand-side vector (N entries)- give an expression
for the entries of b.
In this problem you will model non - lifting flow

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