Refinements in a 10 percent thick supercritical airfoil (airfoil 31) have produced significant improvements in the drag characteristics compared with those for an earlier supercritical airfoil (airfoil 12) designed for the same normal force coefficient of 0.7. Drag creep was practically eliminated at normal force coefficients between about 0.4 and 0.7 and was greatly reduced at other normal force coefficients. Substantial reductions in the drag levels preceding drag divergence were also achieved at all normal force coefficients. The Mach numbers at which drag diverges were delayed for airfoil 31 at normal force coefficients up to about 0.6 (by approximately 0.01 and 0.02 at normal force coefficients of 0.4 and 0.6, respectively) but drag divergence occurred at slightly lower Mach numbers at higher normal force coefficients.


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    Title :

    Transonic Aerodynamic Characteristics of the 10-Percent-Thick NASA Supercritical Airfoil 31


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    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    138 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English