Design of a symmetrical section with specified pressure distribution

Abstract

A method for the calculation of the section thickness distribution to produce a given symmetrical pressure distribution near the critical Mach number is presented. By linearisation about a known solution, obtained by Sells' program, a Neumann problem with the ssme field equations but a different boundary condition is established, and the computer solution of this problem forms one link in an iteration sequence. In the symmetrical case studied, the sequence converged to a slightly different solution from that sought. Attempts at solution of the lifting problem have been unsuccessful.