Write the complex velocity potential for nose flow. From
its derivative, identify the location of the stagnation point.
Identify the streamfunction from . From it, find the value of
the streamfunction at the stagnation point. From that, find the
equation for the wall streamline, which passes through the
stagnation point. From that, find the thickness of the nose far
downstream. From the derivative of , find the square magnitude
of the velocity in terms of polar coordinates. Write the pressure
on the wall as a function of the polar angle by writting
the equation for the wall streamline in polar coordinates and
plugging it in the square velocity.
Draw the streamlines of the uniform flow , with a
positive real constant. Now define a new coordinate
. Plot the streamlines of the same flow in the
-plane.
The flow around a circular cylinder is
Apply the Joukowski transformationw
to find a new coordinate . How does the cylinder flow in the
-plane look in the plane.
That was too boring. Take the flow around a circle of radius 2,
and apply again the Joukowski transformationw
Show that the circle transforms to an ellipse in the plane
by setting
on the surface of the circle
and transforming that. What is the aspect ratio of the ellipse?
Find the velocity at the top and bottom points of the ellipse and
compare with the value that applies for a circle. To find the
velocity, use
where and are the velocity components of the
flow in the plane.
Read through the cylinder flow program
cylinder.m. Save it as type ``all files'' and
run it in Matlab or Octave 3.0 or higher. Make plots to show the
effect of changing the angle-of-attack parameter and of the
circulation. In particular, plot the flow for the values of the
circulation for which the stagnation points are at opposite sides of
the cylinder, for which they are apart by a 90 angle, for which
they coincide, and for which they are completely off the cylinder.
Use screen capture or the print command to make hardcopies of
the plots. Try help print if needed.
Read through the cylinder flow program
airfoil.m. Save it as type ``all files'' and
run it in Matlab or Octave 3.0 or higher. Do a “clear
all” first to get rid of the cylinder stuff. Make plots to
show zero thickness airfoil. Change the radius of the cylinder to
produce a symmetric Joukowski airfoil with and without lift.
Destroy the top/bottom symmetry of the conformal mapping to create
camber. Be sure to create a reasonable cambered airfoil shape,
thickness ratio about 15%, angle of attack about 15 degrees.
Airfoils have a suction peak at the nose. Read through and
download pressure.m. Adjust to get a good
picture. Mark both the stagnation point and the suction peak in the
picture. Comment on the pressure at the trailing edge. How big is
it?