We solve the problem of determining airfoils that approximate, in a least square sense, given surface pressure distributions in transonic flight regimes. The flow is modeled by means of the Euler equations and the solution procedure is an adjoint- based minimization algorithm that makes use of the inverse Theodorsen transform in order to parameterize the airfoil. Fast convergence to the optimal solution is obtained by means of the pseudo-time method. Results are obtained using three different pressure distributions for several free stream conditions. The airfoils obtained have given a trailing edge angle.


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    Title :

    Optimum Transonic Airfoils Based on the Euler Equations


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    Publication date :

    1996-12-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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