The VSAERO surface panel method is employed to investigate fuselage shapes which can enhance the natural laminar flow (NLF) characteristics. The study is performed at cruise Re which are relevant to commuter, transport, and business aircraft. The technique is based on piecewise constant doublet and source singularities and takes into account the effects of compressibility. Inviscid pressure distributions were generated for five configurations to aid in the search for an optimized NLF body shape as a function of the transition locations and the drag coefficients. Granville's transition criteria are incorporated into the calculations to yield shapes with longer runs of laminar flow and reduced drag. In comparison with other transition prediction methods, the method described is shown to have significantly higher valicity for making three-dimensional transition predictions.
Shaping of airplane fuselages for minimum drag
1986-01-01
Conference paper
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English
Shaping of airplane fuselages for minimum drag
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