XFOIL© is an interactive program for the design and analysis of two-dimensional airfoils. It consists of a collection of menu-driven routines which perform functions such as:
Viscous (or inviscid) analysis of an existing airfoil, allowing forced or free transistion.
Airfoil design and redesign by interactive specification of a surface speed distribution.
Airfoil redesign by interactive specification of new geometric parameters.
XFOIL is based upon a linear vorticity panel method coupled to a lag-dissipation boundary layer scheme. The program has been used in the design of aircraft wings, fan blades, propeller blades and hydro-foils.
Frank Dvorak
President
Analytical Methods, Inc.
2133 - 152nd Avenue N.E.
Redmond, WA 98052
USA
206-643-9090
206-746-1299 (fax)
frank@amiwest.com
For applications in related solution areas, see the following indices: Aerodynamics, Aerospace, Aircraft Design, Engineering, Heat/Fluid/Electro-magnetic Flow, the developer index for Analytical Methods, Inc. and the market segment index for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
XFOIL is a Copyright of Massachusetts Institute of Technolo
