MECH 533: Subsonic Aerodynamics Assignment # 1 McGill University

Due date: Tuesday September 23, 2014.

Problem 1
Show that
c
n
=
1
c

c
0
(C
p,l
C
p,u
) dx +

c
0

c
f,u
dy
u
dx
+ c
f,l
dy
l
dx

, (1)
c
a
=
1
c

c
0

C
p,u
dy
u
dx
C
p,l
dy
l
dx

dx +

c
0
(c
f,u
+ c
f,l
)

, (2)
c
m
LE
=
1
c
2

c
0
(C
p,u
C
p,l
) xdx +

c
0

c
f,u
dy
u
dx
+ c
f,l
dy
l
dx

xdx

+
1
c
2

c
0

C
p,u
dy
u
dx
+ c
f,u

y
u
dx +

c
0

C
p,l
dy
l
dx
+ c
f,l

y
l
dx

(3)
where c is the chord,
c
m
LE
=
M
LE
1
2

V
2

c
2
, (4)
C
p
=
p p

1
2

V
2

, (5)
and
c
f
=

1
2

V
2

. (6)
Problem 2
Consider an airfoil at 12

angle of attack. The normal and axial coecients are 1.2 and 0.03, respectively.
Calculate the lift and drag coecients. (Andersons Problem 1.5)
Problem 3
Consider an NACA 2412 airfoil.
If at = 14

, c
l
= 1.56, c
d
= 0.0186, c
m,c/4
= 0.025, calculate c
m,LE
and x
cp
/c by hand.
The following aerodynamic table was obtained from wind tunnel experiments. Write a matlab
script and plot x
cp
/c as a function of . (Andersons Problem 1.6)
in deg. c
l
c
d
c
m,c/4
-2.0 0.05 0.006 -0.042
0.0 0.25 0.006 -0.040
2.0 0.44 0.006 -0.038
4.0 0.64 0.007 -0.036
6.0 0.85 0.0075 -0.036
8.0 1.08 0.0092 -0.036
10.0 1.26 0.0115 -0.034
12.0 1.43 0.0150 -0.030
14.0 1.56 0.0186 -0.025
Table 1: Aerodynamic measurements for an NACA 2412 airfoil.
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MECH 533: Subsonic Aerodynamics Assignment # 1 McGill University
Problem 4
Consider an innitely thin at plate with a 1 m chord at an angle of attack of 10

in a supersonic ow.
The pressure and shear stress distributions on the upper and lower surfaces are given by
p
u
(x) = 4 10
4
(x 1)
2
+ 5.4 10
4
, (7)
p
l
(x) = 2 10
4
(x 1)
2
+ 1.73 10
5
, (8)

u
(x) = 288x
0.2
, (9)
and

l
(x) = 731x
0.2
, (10)
respectively, where x is the distance from the leading edge in meters, and p and are in newtons per
square meter. Calculate the normal, axial, lift and drag forces. Also nd the moment about the quarter
chord and the center of pressure. (Andersons Problem 1.4)
Problem 5
In the class, we showed that the drag force on an airfoil is a function of
D = f(V

, c, , a

) . (11)
For a 3D wing, the span of the wing, b, is also important. Use the -Buckinghams theorem to show
C
D
= g(M

, Re, , AR) (12)

where the drag coecient is dened using the wing area, S, to give
C
D
=
D
q

S
, (13)
and the nondimenstional Aspect Ratio (AR) is dened as
AR =
b
2
S
. (14)
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