An analysis of an airfoil for a large commercial transport cruising at Mach 0.8 and the use of advanced computer techniques to perform the analysis are described. Incorporation of the airfoil into a natural laminar flow transport configuration is addressed and a comparison of fuel requirements and operating costs between the natural laminar flow transport and an equivalent turbulent flow transport is addressed.


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    Title :

    Natural Laminar Flow Airfoil Analysis and Trade Studies


    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    86 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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