Computation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Subsonic Transport Aircraft Using a Panel Method
Date of Award
Fall 1993
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Director
Gregory V. Selby
Committee Member
Arthur C. Taylor III
Committee Member
Colin Britcher
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E56T76
Abstract
An advanced low-order panel method, VSAERO, is applied to a full-configuration transport aircraft. Wing pressure distributions as well as lift, drag, and pitching moment coefficients calculated for the full computational configuration are compared with experimental data. In addition, partial configurations are evaluated computationally to determine the relevance of certain complex aircraft components to the computations. It is shown that the wing-surface pressure distributions and pitching moment coefficient are well predicted by VSAERO. The lift coefficient is consistently overpredicted by the code.
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DOI
10.25777/k8tk-xq03
Recommended Citation
Troeger, Lillianne P..
"Computation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Subsonic Transport Aircraft Using a Panel Method"
(1993). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/k8tk-xq03
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mae_etds/732
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