pysces.van_de_vooren_foil

pysces.van_de_vooren_foil(semichord=1.0, thickness=0.15, angle_deg=5, numpoints=32)

Return a van de Vooren foil Body.

Refer to section 6.6 of [R3]

Parameters:

semichord : float

half the chord c, so c=2*semichord

thickness : float

vertical thickness as a fraction (0 < thickness < 1) of the semichord

angle_deg : float

interior angle, in degrees, at the trailing edge

numpoints : int

number of points along the boundary

References

[R3](1, 2) Katz, Joseph and Plotkin, Allen, “Low-Speed Aerodynamics”, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2001.