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This document provides the homework assignment for solving potential flows over an airfoil using numerical methods. It introduces the governing Laplace equation and boundary conditions for inviscid, irrotational, incompressible flows. A pseudo-time derivative is added to turn the Laplace equation into a diffusion equation that can be solved numerically. Students are asked to: [1] Solve for the velocity field over a NACA0012 airfoil using finite volume methods and plot streamlines for different angles of attack. [2] Obtain pressure coefficient distributions based on Bernoulli's equation and plot contours. [3] Plot surface pressure distributions and compare to panel method results.

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HW 3

This document provides the homework assignment for solving potential flows over an airfoil using numerical methods. It introduces the governing Laplace equation and boundary conditions for inviscid, irrotational, incompressible flows. A pseudo-time derivative is added to turn the Laplace equation into a diffusion equation that can be solved numerically. Students are asked to: [1] Solve for the velocity field over a NACA0012 airfoil using finite volume methods and plot streamlines for different angles of attack. [2] Obtain pressure coefficient distributions based on Bernoulli's equation and plot contours. [3] Plot surface pressure distributions and compare to panel method results.

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Department of Aerospace Engineering @ METU

AEE305 Numerical Methods


2023-2024 Fall
HW#3

Consider potential (inviscid, irrotational, incompressible) flows over an airfoil. Potential flows
are governed by the Laplace’s equation:
∂ 2ϕ ∂ 2ϕ
∇2 ϕ = + =0
∂x2 ∂y 2
where ϕ is called the velocity potential, whose gradient provides the velocity field and satisfies
the irrotatitonality condition:
∂ϕ ∂ϕ
V⃗ = ∇ϕ
⃗ −→ u⃗i + v⃗j = ⃗i + ⃗j ⃗ × ∇ϕ
note that ∇ ⃗ =0
∂x ∂y |{z}
⃗
V

The freestream velocity, V⃗∞ , is imposed at the farfield boundaries, while V⃗n = 0 is imposed on
the airfoil surface.

If a pseudo time derivative is introducted to the Laplace equation equation, it becomes a diffusion
equation:
∂ϕ
= ν∇2 ϕ (ν = 1)
∂t
Note that the steady state solution satisfies the Laplace equation.

1. Solve for the velocity field over the NACA0012 airfoil by Finite Volume method and plot
the streamlines at α = 0 and α > 0. Use the incomplete Matlab code and the grid data
provided.
2. Obtain the pressure coefficient distribution based on Bernoulli’s equation and plot its
contours in the solution domain. Note that Cp = 1p−p ∞
ρ∞ V 2
= 1 − (u2 + v 2 ) (V∞ = 1)
2 ∞

3. Plot the distribution of surface pressure coefficient as an x − y plot and compare against
the panel method prediction.
4. Assume ϕ = 0 as the initial condition and discuss the solution obtained.
5. For a bonus consider a bi-plane configuration.

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