25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-P2.14


PREDICTION OF AERODYNAMICS CHARACTERISTICS AND AIRLOADS OF A GENERIC GEOMETRY WING.

T. F. G. Costa, E. M. Belo
Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Keywords: lifting line; finite wings; potential aerodynamics

The determination of 3D wings characteristics by the use of potential aerodynamics and experimental data of profiles is presented. Using the Prandtl lifting line theory integrated with 2D airfoil data in each element of the mesh, it is possible to calculate and preview wing aerodynamics properties, including the nonlinearities.


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