The Prediction of Clmax Using a Separated Flow Model
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- Published by AHS International dba Vertical Flight Society in Journal of the American Helicopter Society
- Vol. 23 (2) , 2-8
- https://doi.org/10.4050/jahs.23.2.2
Abstract
A method for calculating the flow about airfoils up to and beyond the stall is described. It is an iterative procedure between potential flow and boundary layer solutions. The separated region is modeled in the potential flow analysis using free vortex sheets which require an inner iteration to establish their shapes. The free vortex sheet length is an important parameter in the potential flow calculation. Results so far indicate a possible correlation between wake length and airfoil thickness/chord ratio and a tentative curve is presented here. Calculated and experimental results are compared for a GA(W)‐l airfoil at two Reynolds, numbers, 6.3 × 106 and 2.1 × 106. and for a NACA 4412 airfoil over a range of Reynolds numbers. The calculated results, which include pressure distributions as well as force and moment characteristics, are in very close agreement with experimental results and are obtained for reasonable computing costs; typically, one incidence data point takes 15 to 20 c.p. seconds an the CDC 7600 computer.Keywords
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