ON THE USE OF THICK-AIRFOIL THEORY TO DESIGN AIRFOIL FAMILIES IN WHICH THICKNESS AND LIFT ARE VARIED INDEPENDENTLY

摘要

A method has been developed for designing families of airfoils in which the members of a family have the same basic type of pressure distribution but vary in thickness ratio or lift, or both. Thickness ratio and lift may be prescribed independently. The method which is based on the Theodorsen thick-airfoil theory permits moderate variations from the basic shape on which the family is based.