Application of Boundary Element Method to Inviscid Flow Around Thin Airfoils

With the continuous development of faster and cheaper computers of late, application of computational methods in solving engineering problems has become increasingly popular. New techniques are continuously being researched and developed in order to bring the numerical solution nearer to reality....

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Main Author: Ahmad Yazid, Aznijar
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Language:English
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Published: 2004
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spelling my-upm-ir.2632013-05-27T06:47:05Z Application of Boundary Element Method to Inviscid Flow Around Thin Airfoils 2004-06 Ahmad Yazid, Aznijar With the continuous development of faster and cheaper computers of late, application of computational methods in solving engineering problems has become increasingly popular. New techniques are continuously being researched and developed in order to bring the numerical solution nearer to reality. A Boundary Element Method is developed in the research to solve aerodynamic problems. Investigations revealed that the solution obtained using boundary element method is slightly superior to the solution provided by the currently used Panel Method. It was also found that the new technique also manages to obtain better result employing a lower number of nodes during solution, reducing the computational time. However, the adoption of potential theory means that the stall conditions of airfoils could still not be predicted at all. Boundary element methods Airfoils 2004-06 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/263/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/263/1/549489_T_FK_2004_65.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Boundary element methods Airfoils Faculty of Engineering English
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topic Boundary element methods
Airfoils

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Airfoils

Ahmad Yazid, Aznijar
Application of Boundary Element Method to Inviscid Flow Around Thin Airfoils
description With the continuous development of faster and cheaper computers of late, application of computational methods in solving engineering problems has become increasingly popular. New techniques are continuously being researched and developed in order to bring the numerical solution nearer to reality. A Boundary Element Method is developed in the research to solve aerodynamic problems. Investigations revealed that the solution obtained using boundary element method is slightly superior to the solution provided by the currently used Panel Method. It was also found that the new technique also manages to obtain better result employing a lower number of nodes during solution, reducing the computational time. However, the adoption of potential theory means that the stall conditions of airfoils could still not be predicted at all.
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author Ahmad Yazid, Aznijar
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title Application of Boundary Element Method to Inviscid Flow Around Thin Airfoils
title_short Application of Boundary Element Method to Inviscid Flow Around Thin Airfoils
title_full Application of Boundary Element Method to Inviscid Flow Around Thin Airfoils
title_fullStr Application of Boundary Element Method to Inviscid Flow Around Thin Airfoils
title_full_unstemmed Application of Boundary Element Method to Inviscid Flow Around Thin Airfoils
title_sort application of boundary element method to inviscid flow around thin airfoils
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Engineering
publishDate 2004
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/263/1/549489_T_FK_2004_65.pdf
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