AOE 4124 Configuration Aerodynamics. Instructor: W.H. Mason Current Version: March 4, 2019 e-mail: whmason@vt.edu Office Hours: Mon: 10:30-11:30, Wed: 2:30-3:30, Fri: 10:30-11:30, or by appointment A little background on Professor Mason. For literature searches: NASA’s Technical Report Server. This also includes the NACA reports.
W.H. Mason Contents iii 1/16/18 5. An Overview of Aerodynamic Design including the use of Computational Aerodynamics 5.1 Introduction 5-1 5.2 Configuration sizing: Aerodynamic Considerations 5-2 5.3 Overview of the specific aerodynamic design tasks 5-3 5.4 Use of computational aerodynamics in aerodynamic design 5-4, Handling Qualities Aerodynamics W.H. Mason Configuration Aerodynamics Class . Slide 2 4/19/18 Issues in Hi- …
W. H. Mason 3/10/18 G-3 Daniel P. Raymer, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, AIAA, Reston.Dan has lots of info and explanations of aerodynamic configuration issues and geometry. Egbert Torenbeek, Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design, Delft University Press, 1982 (now available for free electronically).
W.H. Mason Configuration Aerodynamics Class. Typical Subsonic Methods: Panel Methods •For subsonic inviscid flow, the flowfield can be found by solving an integral equation for the potential on the surface •This is done assuming a distribution of singularities along, APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL AERODYNAMICS TEXT/NOTES . W. H. Mason , whmason@vt.edu Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. An electronic version of the class notes for AOE 4114, Applied Computational Aerodynamics . Portions are also used for AOE 4124, Configuration Aerodynamics .
W.H. Mason CONTENTS 1/18/06 i CONTENTS Configuration Aerodynamics Preface 1. Introduction to Configuration Aerodynamics 1.1 Purpose 1-1 1.2 Examples of innovative concepts 1-1 1.3 Overview of the Material to be Covered 1-7 1.4 What’s left out 1-8 1.5 Exercises 1-8 1.6 References 1-9 2.
6-32 W.H. Mason, Configuration Aerodynamics 3/9/06 Basic Ideas Wings are designed to satisfy stability and handling characteristics requirements, while achieving low drag at the design conditions (usually cruise and sustained maneuver). They must also attain high maximum lift coefficients to meet field performance and maneuver requirements. Although these.
This unconventional configuration has a large benefit over conventional cantilever wing configurations. The truss system enables an increased.
W. H. Mason 3/10/06 9. High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics 9.1 Introduction High angle of attack aerodynamics is inherently associated with: • separated flows, and thus nonlinear aerodynamics > one of the key aspects is the interaction of components, and in particular, vortex flows (vortex bursting is also an important effect) • heavily dependent on wind tunnel testing • …
