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Fall 2016
Homework 4
Due Tuesday November 22th, 2016
z e i
corresponds to a rotation of the plane by an angle . Do this by showing that a point in
the plane written in polar coordinates gets mapped to a point in the z plane with the
same radius but different angle.
Show that any circle centered at the origin in the plane gets mapped to a circle centered
at the origin in the z plane.
Consider the potential flow over a cylinder with circulation in the plane:
a2
i
F ( ) U ( )
ln
2
Derive the complex potential for this flow in the mapped plane z e i
Show that this also represents flow over a circle
Show that the flow far away from the circle is inclined to the horizontal axis with angle .
Derive an expression for the amount of circulation required for the rear stagnation point
on the circle to coincide with the x axis in the z plane.
Derive an equation for the airfoil shape, in terms of x and y as functions of c, and ,
where R and represent the polar coordinates of a point in the plane (ie. = R ei).
Note that along the circle centered at m c , R is not constant (since the circle is
not centered at the origin). You can use the following equation for R as a function of
along this offset circle:
R c[1 (1 cos )]
Show that the maximum thickness t of the airfoil (twice the maximum y value) is given
by:
t 3 3
l
4
Derive an expression for the lift coefficient of this airfoil as a function of the angle of
attack of the flow , the thickness of the airfoil t, and the length of the airfoil l.