4-3. Creating transonic airfoils
A two-step design procedure using exact subsonic - supersonic compatibility
Lit: Sobieczky, H., Seebass, A. R.: Supercritical Airfoil and Wing Design.
Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 16, pp. 337-63 (1984)
Step 1: Basic config. and CFD with Fict. Gas |
Step 2: Meth of Char. shape modification |
Fict. Gas CFD, using density deficiency at M > 1 to compute shape change |
Design result obtaining improved aerodynamic efficiency |
