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An Alternative Treatment of Boundary Conditions for the Flow over Thick Wings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

D Nixon
D Nixon*
Affiliation:
Queen Mary College, University of London
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Summary

An alternative method of treating the boundary conditions for wing and body flow problems is developed and a detailed analysis for the flow around two-dimensional aerofoils is given. The basis of the method is the concept of an analytic continuation of the exterior flow to give a fictitious interior flow and a modified problem which can be solved using the ideas of thin-wing theory. The detailed analysis for flows described by the linear Prandtl-Glauert potential equation is given. The results obtained for several examples are satisfactory. The application of the theory to continuous and discontinuous transonic flows is outlined.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , May 1977 , pp. 90 - 96
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1977

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