An advanced rotor airfoil, designed utilizing supercritical airfoil technology and advanced design and analysis methodology is described. The airfoil was designed subject to stringent aerodynamic design criteria for improving the performance over the entire rotor operating regime. The design criteria are discussed. The design was accomplished using a physical plane, viscous, transonic inverse design procedure, and a constrained function minimization technique for optimizing the airfoil leading edge shape. The aerodynamic performance objectives of the airfoil are discussed.


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    Title :

    The Aerodynamic Design of an Advanced Rotor Airfoil


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    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    112 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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