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Problem 1 (20 Marks) Consider a thin aerofoil placed under a small angle of attack at ! in a uniform flow of velocity V" The flow around the aerofoil is modelled by means of a vortex sheet
& (1 + cos# ) representation along the x-axis given by: " (# ) = 2 V$ ( A0 + sin # ' !
$
%A
n =1
) sin n # +. n *
z x# x& Consider a thin camber line is curved parabolically and is given by = 4 k %1 " ( c c$ c' !
where k is a constant equal to the maximum camber of the aerofoil relative to the chord c. Using standard expression for thin airfoil theory
!
1 x = c (1 # cos & ) 2
A1, A2 .
x 1 = (1 " cos # 0 ) c 2
Ao = " #
1 $
&
$
0
dz d% 0 dx
1 $
&
$
0
4 k cos % 0 d% 0 = " #
4k $
&
$
0
cos% 0 d% 0
4k $ [sin% 0 ] 0 = " $
An = A1 =
$ $ $
"
0
"
0
! A1 = ! !
"
0
"
0
cos 2 # 0 d# 0
A2 = A2 =
2 " 8k "
"
0
dz 2 cos2# 0 d# 0 = dx "
"
3 0
"
0
4 k cos# 0 (2cos 2 # 0 % 1) d# 0
% (2cos #
0
$ cos# 0 ) d# 0
A2 =
!
" ' $1 '8 k *$ 1 2 2 A2 = ,& sin " (cos " + 2) # sin " ) # & sin0(cos 0 + 2) # sin0)/ = 0 ( %3 (.0 " +% 3
! c c / ) (1 + cos' ) L' = " ( dL) = #V$ " % (& ) d& = #V$ " 2 V$ + A0 + sin ' * 0 0 0
(A
n =1 0
+ A1 )
!
!
Answer:
!
!
substitute
!
!
b2 b2 w = z + = ae i" + i" z ae !
w = ae i" +
!
" b2 % x x = $ a + ' cos( ) cos ( = " a& b2 % # a + $ ' a& # # b2 & y y = % a " ( sin ) * sin ) = # a' b2 & $ %a " ( a' $
sin 2 " + cos 2 " = 1 give
Using
!
!
y2
2 $ b2 ' &a # ) a( %
x2
2 $ b2 ' &a + ) a( %
=1
Hence !
y2
2 # b2 & %a " ( a' $
x2
2 # b2 & %a + ( a' $
= 1 is an ellipse