pysces.van_de_vooren_foil¶
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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.