Solving fluid velocity contours over a thin airfoil

UC Davis EAE 126, Spring 2013 - In dedication to the countless hours spent in the CAE lab in Bainer Hall with Obdulio, Alex, Edmund, and Melinda

Mach Number: Angle of Attack (deg):

Acceptable Ranges: 0 < M < 2, 0 < alpha < 15

Select an airfoil:

Flat Plate Circular Arc Joukowski Biconvex Naca 0012 10% Diamond

Pick an airfoil!

Warning: Might take a while for solver to finish, especially subsonic (M<1) flow

Methodology

Stable and Entropy Satisfying Approximations for Transonic Flow Calculations
By Bjorn Engquist* and Stanley Osher**
MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION, VOLUME 34, NUMBER 149
JANUARY 1980, PAGES 45-75

Solving fluid velocity contours over a thin airfoil

Flow Animation

Methodology