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PROBLEM 4: AIRFOIL BOUNDARY LAYER

The LA-203A airfoil is a typical high-lift airfoil developed by Liebeck. Its Cp distribution for inviscid, incompressible flow at shown below. A plot of ue /V versus s/ c on the upper surface is also shown.

= 4.5

is

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The upper surface velocity from the stagnation point at s

= 0

can be closely approximated by the following piecewise definition:

(E1.98) (E1.99) (E1.100)

on

0.0

s/c 0.0328

ue / V

50 s/c

on

0.0328 s/c 0.350

ue / V

1.64

on

0.350

s/c 0.500

ue / V

1.64 0.5(s/c 0.35)

Laminar flow will be assumed.

Use the following case-sensitive typed names for the various symbols.
Symbol
( )

Rec

Typed

( R e )

s q r t ()

SELF-SIMILARITY (1 point possible)

1) For the approximate ue (s) distribution above, over what part of the airfoil is the upper surface boundary layer self-similar (it must be self-similar over that entire part)? nowhere
0.0 0.0 0.0 s/ c 0.0328 s/ c 0.350 s/ c 0.500

0.0328 s/ c 0.500 0.350 s/ c 0.500

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MOMENTUM THICKNESS I (1 point possible)

2) Use the Thwaites method to calculate the momentum thickness distribution, (s)/ c, for the first segment 0 Specify any numerical constants to 3 significant digits.
(s) = c s/ c 0.0328 .

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MOMENTUM THICKNESS II (1 point possible)

3) Use the Thwaites method to calculate the momentum thickness distribution, (s)/ c, for the second segment
0.0328 s/ c 0.35 .

This will depend on the results from the first segment. Specify any numerical constants to 3 significant digits.

(s) =

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(s) = c

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SHAPE PARAMETER (2 points possible)

4) Determine the shape parameter H at s/ c
= 0.05

. Round your answer to two decimals.

H (0.05)

= = 0.3501 ,

5) Determine the shape parameter H at s/ c

d ue /d s < 0 .

i.e. immediately at the beginning of the third ue (s) segment which has

Round your answer to two decimals.

H (0.3501)

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TRIP (1 point possible)

6) Consider the case where the chord is c thickness h
= 0.0002 m = 0.5 m ,

and the chord Reynolds number is Rec

= 0.05

= 4 10

. A piece of tape with

is stuck to the wing surface at s/ c

. Is this tape likely to produce transition immediately

downstream? yes no no way to know

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