There are two fundamental schools of thought in wing design (or lifting surface design in general), in terms of the cross section aspect. One treats this as a catalogue choice, where the airfoil is selected from the wealth of legacy shapes developed over the first century of flight. The other focuses on methods for the optimal customization of flexible, generic formulations to best suit the application at hand. This chapter looks at the first approach, reviewing a range of legacy formulations, including some parametric families, such as the ever‐popular NACA models. Detailed implementation notes and code are included, as well as examples of aircraft featuring the sections being discussed.


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    Titel :

    Families of Legacy Aerofoils


    Beteiligte:


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-10-01


    Format / Umfang :

    19 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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