Optimization Criteria and Sailplane Airfoil Design

Authors

  • Lukas Popelka Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague, CZ 182 00, Czech Republic
  • Milan Matejka Department of Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, FME, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, CZ 166 07, Czech Republic

Keywords:

Aerodynamics, Design

Abstract

This paper describes procedure of sailplane airfoil optimization with the use of available numerical and experimental methods.  The calculation of boundary layer transition, integral parameters, the measurement of the maximum lift coefficient, flow visualization and flow control are discussed. Results concerning airfoil design for training and club class sailplanes are presented.

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Vol. 30 No. 3 (2006)

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