Author's transonic flow airfoil theory is used to estimate transonic drag-rise and onset-of-separation-effects Mach numbers without reference to experimental results; simple comparative method is applied to series of airfoils, and results are analyzed to determine some of design features of importance in transonic flow; improvement to scheme gives results in good agreement with experiment for first appearance of shock waves and onset of separation effects; application to finite swept wings.
Theoretical prediction of transonic characteristics of airfoils
J Aerospace Sciences
Journal of the Aero/Space Sciences ; 29 , n 3
1962
9 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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