Application of genetic algorithms to the design of airfoil pressure distributions

NLR participates in the ECARF (European Computation Aerodynamics Research Project) "Optimum Design" project, developing an algorithm for multi-point airfoil design. Within the ECARP project a test case has been defined for two-point design with the aid of well-specified target pressure distributions. It appears that optimization of pressure...

High subsonic and transonic effects in unsteady aerodynamics

Based on experimental observations an illustration is given of typical effects occiirring in high subsonic and transonic flow around oscillating airfoils and wings. It is shown that in this speed regime the unsteady airloads are influenced considerably by the interaction of the steady and unsteady flow fields. Moreover the periodical motion of...