Incompressible
Potential Flow Analysis Using Panel Method
ShahNor Basri,
Norzelawati Asmuin
& Aznijar Ahmad Yazid
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Jabatan Kejuruteraan
Aeroangkasa
Fakulti Kejuruteraan,
Universiti Putra
Malaysia,
43400 UPM SERDANG, Selangor D E,
Malaysia.
[email protected]
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ABSTRACT
Incompressible
potential flow
problems are governed by Laplace’s
equation.
In solving linear, inviscid, irrotational flow about a body moving at
subsonic
or supersonic speeds, panel methods can be used. Panel methods are
numerical
schemes for the solution of the problem. The tools at the panel-method
user's
disposal are the representation of nearly arbitrary geometry using
surface
panels of source-doublet-vorticity distributions, and extremely
versatile
boundary condition capabilities that can frequently be used for
creative
modeling. Panel-method capabilities and limitations, basic concepts
common to
all panel-method codes and different choices that were made in the
implementation of these concepts into working computer programs are
discussed.
Keywords: Panel method (fluid
dynamics),
incompressible potential flow, application programs (computer),
computational
fluid dynamics.
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