Design of a transonic airfoil

This project will investigate the actuation forces and energies required to change the camber of a transonic morphing airfoil. Current studies on variable-camber morphing airfoils primarily concern themselves with computational analyses and models of the actuation forces and energies required for mo...

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Main Author: Lim, Jing Kai.
Other Authors: Jorg Uwe Schluter
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-454552023-03-04T19:07:01Z Design of a transonic airfoil Lim, Jing Kai. Jorg Uwe Schluter School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aerodynamics This project will investigate the actuation forces and energies required to change the camber of a transonic morphing airfoil. Current studies on variable-camber morphing airfoils primarily concern themselves with computational analyses and models of the actuation forces and energies required for morphing, with few studies delving into the area of the actual construction of a morphing airfoil nor the measurement of the predicted quantities. The use of variable-camber morphing airfoils in the design of transonic airfoils is beneficial as transonic airfoils typically have poorer aerodynamic performance at low speeds due to their small camber. On the other hand, subsonic airfoils optimized for low Reynolds numbers exhibit high wave drag in the transonic regime. A morphing airfoil which is able to change its profile to optimize its performance in both the subsonic and transonic speed regimes would provide performance benefits to aircraft operating in these 2 regimes. Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) 2011-06-14T00:52:19Z 2011-06-14T00:52:19Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45455 en Nanyang Technological University 140 p. application/pdf
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Lim, Jing Kai.
Design of a transonic airfoil
description This project will investigate the actuation forces and energies required to change the camber of a transonic morphing airfoil. Current studies on variable-camber morphing airfoils primarily concern themselves with computational analyses and models of the actuation forces and energies required for morphing, with few studies delving into the area of the actual construction of a morphing airfoil nor the measurement of the predicted quantities. The use of variable-camber morphing airfoils in the design of transonic airfoils is beneficial as transonic airfoils typically have poorer aerodynamic performance at low speeds due to their small camber. On the other hand, subsonic airfoils optimized for low Reynolds numbers exhibit high wave drag in the transonic regime. A morphing airfoil which is able to change its profile to optimize its performance in both the subsonic and transonic speed regimes would provide performance benefits to aircraft operating in these 2 regimes.
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