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A Simplified Theory of Oscillating Aerofoils in Transonic Flow: Review and Extension*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

E.H. Dowell
E.H. Dowell*
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Princeton University
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Summary

Significant new results are presented to show to what extent a simplified theory for transonic flow may be used. Solutions are obtained by classical techniques and compared with experiment. Results are given for two-dimensional and three-dimensional, steady and unsteady flow. The effects of flow separation and improvements in Bernoulli’s equation and the surface boundary condition are also briefly discussed.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 252 - 284
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1980

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This work was supported by NASA Grant NSG-2194 with the Ames Research Center. It is a substantial revision of a paper presented at the AIAA Dynamic Specialists Conference, San Diego, March 1977.

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