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Incompressible Flow Past a Wing-Body Combination Using General Curvilinear Coordinates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J.C. Murray
J.C. Murray*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Summary

It is shown, by the successive application of coordinate transformations involving complex analytic functions, how a general curvilinear coordinate system can be constructed which is suitable for geometries consisting of a finite surface together with two semi-infinite cylinders. A typical example of such a geometry is considered which comprises a wing-body combination in which two semi-infinite unswept wings are attached to a finite body. The potential problem associated with non-lifting incompressible flow past the wing-body combination is formulated in the general curvilinear coordinate system and is solved numerically. The distribution of the pressure coefficient over the wing-body surface is presented.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 451 - 470
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1979

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