Aerofoil Sections: Results from Wind-Tunnel Investigations, Theoretical Foundations

Cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
List of Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 7
Preface to the English edition......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 11
Notes on the References......Page 12
1.2 Characteristic Geometricall Quantities......Page 14
1.3 Experimentally Investigated Families of Profiles......Page 16
1.4 Theoretically Developed Families of Profiles......Page 23
1.5 References......Page 25
2.1 Some Details of Wind Tunnel used for Profile Measurements......Page 28
2.2 On the Turbulence of Wind-tunnels......Page 31
2.3 General Remarks on Experimental Investigations......Page 34
2.4 References......Page 36
3.1 Characteristic Aerodynamic Quantities......Page 37
3.2 Review of Experimental Results......Page 39
3.3 Behaviour of the Lift......Page 41
3.4 Maximum Lift......Page 43
3.5 Profile Drag......Page 44
3.6 Moment Coefficient, Centre of Pressure, and Aerodynamic Centre......Page 48
3.7 References......Page 50
4.1 Influence of Quality of Surface......Page 53
4.2 Problems of High Speed in Liquid Media: Cavitation......Page 58
4.3 References......Page 59
5.4 Slotted Flaps......Page 61
5.5 Nose Flaps and Slats......Page 62
5.6 References......Page 63
6.1 Suction as a Means if Increasing the Lift......Page 66
6.2 Blowing as a Means if Increasing the Lift......Page 68
6.3 Suction as a Means of Reducing the Drag......Page 69
6.4 Pressure and Power Requirements for Boundary Layer Control......Page 71
6.5 References......Page 72
7.2 Camber Line and Velocity Distribution......Page 75
7.3 Thickness Distribution and Velocity Distribution......Page 80
7.5 References......Page 85
8.1 The Flow Field......Page 87
8.2 Calculation of the pressure Distribution for a Prescribed Shape of profile......Page 88
8.3 Calculation of the Profile Shape for a Prescribed Velocity Distribution......Page 93
8.4 Remarks on the Rigorous Methods of Conformal Mapping......Page 96
8.5 References......Page 98
9.1 lnfluence of  Reynolds Number on Pressure Distribution and Lift......Page 100
9.2 Calculation of Boundary Layers......Page 101
9.3 Results of Stability Calculations and Calculation of the Critical Reynolds Number......Page 106
9.4 Calculation of the Profile Drag......Page 109
9.5 Calculation of Polars......Page 112
9.6 References......Page 113
10.2 Relation between Speed and Pressure......Page 116
10.3 Subsonic Flow......Page 117
10.4 Mixed Subsonic and Supersonic Flows......Page 120
10.5 Supersonic Flow......Page 124
10.6 References......Page 129
11. Tables......Page 132
12. Catalogue of Theoretical and Experimental Results......Page 210
List of Main Symbols......Page 288
Author Index......Page 290
Subject Index......Page 292