26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P2.2 (AIAA 2008-8879)

THE QUEST FOR A TRULY PARSIMONIOUS AIRFOIL PARAMETERIZATION SCHEME

A. Sobester, T. Barrett
Univ. of Southhampton, UK

Keywords: AIRFOIL PARAMETERIZATION

The conceptual phase of the aircraft design process demands a parsimonious description of the airframe geometry. This is an especially important consideration in the definition of airfoil sections, which feature on all lifting surfaces, fairings, etc. Here we examine some of the most promising schemes through design case studies.

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