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- From: gps19@herald.usask.ca (Gregory P. Siemens)
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- Subject: NACA airfoil data request
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:34:25 GMT
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- [ Article crossposted from sci.aeronautics ]
- [ Author was JIM SONNENMEIER ]
- [ Posted on 19 Jan 93 13:26:00 GMT ]
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- In article <1j6rqoINN90o@access.usask.ca>, gps19@herald.usask.ca (Gregory P. Siemens) writes...
- >
- >
- >C
- >Does anyone out there have the raw data for NACA airfoils
- >(or any others). Data I need is Lift and Drag co-efficients for any
- >angle of attack. I have a book with several NACA airfoils in it
- >(Abbott) but it contains only the graphs of this data and not the data
- >itself. I need the data in a form that could be typed into a data file
- >or read into a program as a data file. I would very much appreciate
- >this data as we are trying to compile a database of Cd/Cl vs. Angle of
- >attack for a large number of airfoils(not just NACA). If you know of
- >someone who has this data or a way of getting it please mail me with the
- >info.
- >
- > Thanks in advance.
-
-
- The following is a list of some useful references for those who are
- interested the aerodynamic data of low reynolds number airfoils.
-
- The list is by no means exhaustive but it represents a good cross-section
- of the available data. If you need still further information, the
- references listed in the below works will lead you where you will want to
- go.
-
- Jim Sonnenmeier
-
-
- (1) Model Aircraft Aerodynamics, 2nd. ed., 1987.
- Martin Simons
- Argus Books, London England
- ISBN 085-242-195-0
-
- Remark: Very good book for those interested on the details of how and why
- models fly. It is written as non-technical as possible. Be sure to get
- the 2nd. ed. as it contains much aerodynamic data on many airfoils in the
- appendix. Eppler, Selig, Wortman, NACA etc... Available from Zenith
- Aviation Books.
-
- (2) Model-Technik-Berater MTB 1/2 (single volume), 1986
- Eppler-Profile (Eppler airfoil polars)
- Werner Thies
- Verlag fur Technik u. Handwerk, Baden-Baden, West Germany
- ISBN 3-88180-100-6
-
- Remark: Complete Eppler model airfoils.
-
- (3) Model-Technik-Berater MTB 17, 1987
- Modellflug-Profilesammlung (Model airplane airfoil catalog)
- Hans-Walter Bender
- Verlag fur Technik u. Handwerk, Baden-Baden, West Germany
- ISBN 3-88180-117-0
-
- Remark: General catalog. Provides coordinates for MANY airfoils. Wortman,
- Pfenniger, Gottingen etc...
-
- (4) ProfilePolaren Fur den Modellflug (Model airfoil polars), 1980
- Windkanalmessungen an Profile im Kritischen Reynoldszahlbereich
- (Wind tunnel measurements of airfoils at critical Re #'s)
- Dieter Althaus
- Institut Fur Aerodynamik u. Gasdynamik der Universitat Stuttgart
- Neckar-Verlag, Postfach 1820, 7730 Villingen-Schwenningen, W. Germany
-
- Remark: Windtunnel data on many airfoils. Wortman, Eppler, NACA,
- Gottingen, Clark Y etc... 10000 < Re < 1000000.
-
- (5) ProfilePolaren Fur den Modellflug, Band 2 (Book 2), 1985
- Dieter Althaus
- Institut Fur Aerodynamik u. Gasdynamik der Universitat Stuttgart
- Neckar-Verlag, Postfach 1820, 7730 Villingen-Schwenningen, W. Germany
-
- Remark: More windtunnel data. Some Eppler, Selig, Quabeck and many free
- flight airfoils, Bob White, Hofs ss Espada etc...
-
- (6) Selig, Michael,"The Design of Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers", Soar
- Tech #3, 1984, published by Herk Stokely, 1504 Horseshoe Circle,
- Virgina Beach, VA 23451.
-
- Remark: Landmark paper on the design of airfoils at low Re #'s. Contains
- most of the published Selig airfoils.
-
- (7) Soar Tech, Vol 1-7, Herk Stokely ed. (above)
-
- Remark: Highly recommended series that has articles and papers by various
- authors on many different airfoils (Rolf Girsberger, Martin Simons, Hewitt
- Phillips, Michael Selig etc...) as well as articles on MANY other subjects,
- stability and control, design, analysis etc...
-
- (7a) Selig, M.S., Donovan, J.F., Fraser, D.B.,"Airfoils at Low Speeds
- (Soar Tech Vol 8)", Herk Stokely, publisher, address above.
-
- Remark: The final results of the Selig/Donovan Princeton Wind Tunnel tests
- of airfoils at low speeds. A very complete volume, a must for serious low
- speed aerodynamicists.
-
- (8) Proceedings M.A.R.C.S. National Sailplane Symposium, "The Paths of
- Future Flight", years; 1983, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88. published by
- the Madison Area Radio Control Society. Al Scidmore ed. available
- from Mr. Walt Seabourg, 1517 Forest Glen Rd., Oregon, WI 53575.
-
- Remark: Again an excellent resource for many subjects, airfoils, and almost
- any other aspect of flying model sailplanes.
-
- (9) Proceedings of the Conference on Low Reynolds Number Airfoil
- Aerodynamics. held at Notre Dame Univ., June 1985. Thomas Mueller ed.
- UNDAS-CP-77B123
-
- Dr. T. Mueller
- Dept. Aero and Mech. Eng.
- Univ. Notre Dame
- Notre Dame, IN 46556
-
- Remark: 1st. of 2 conferences held on the subject of low Re # airfoils.
- many papers by all of the experts in the field. Eppler, Somers, Selig,
- Leibeck, Mueller, H.K. Cheng, Morkovin etc...
-
- (10) Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerodynamics at Low
- Reynolds Numbers. held at The Royal Aeronautical Society, London,
- Oct. 1986. published by the Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton
- Place, London W1, England.
-
- Remark: 2nd. of the international conferences on this exciting/growing
- subject. Authors too numerous to mention. EXCELLENT.
-
- (10a) Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Aerodynamics
- at Low Reynolds Numbers. Held at Notre Dame University, June 5-7,
- 1989. Avaiable from Springer Verlag as LCN54 Low Reynolds Number
- Aerodynamics, ed by Thomas Mueller. ISBN: 518843.
- (see below)
-
- Low Reynolds number aerodynamics : proceedings of the conference, Notre Dame,
- Indiana, USA, 5-7 June 1989 / T.J. Mueller, editor. -- Berlin ; New York :
- Springer-Verlag, c1989.
- v, 446 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. -- (Lecture notes in engineering ; 54)
- "Papers presented at the Conference on Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics, held
- June 4-7, 1989 at the University of Notre Dame"--Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references.
-
- (11) Lissaman, P.B.S.,"Low-Reynolds-Number Airfoils", Ann. Rev. Fluid
- Mech., 15, p.223-239, 1983.
-
- (12) Pfenniger, W., Vemuru, C.S., Mangalam, S., Evangelista, R.,
- "Design of Low Reynolds Number Airfoils-II", AIAA 88-3764-CP.
-
- (13) Eppler, R., Somers, D.,"A Computer Program for the Design and Analysis
- of Low Speed Airfoils", NASA TM-80210, 1980.
-
- (15) Maughmer, M., Somers, D.,"Design and Experimental Results for a High
- Altitude, Long Endurance Airfoil", AIAA J. Aircraft, 26, No.2,
- Feb. 1989. (AIAA 87-2554).
-
- (16) Somers, D.,"Design and Experimental Results for a Natural-Laminar-Flow
- Airfoil for General Aviation Applications", NASA TP-1861, 1981.
-
- (17) Somers, D.,"Design and Experimental Results for a Flapped Natural-
- Laminar-Flow Airfoil for General Aviation Applications", NASA TP-1865,
- 1981.
-
-
- (18) Eppler, Richard., Airfoil design and data -- Berlin ; New York :
- Springer-Verlag, c1990.
- viii, 562 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Transparency in pocket.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-562).
-
-
- (19) Althaus, Dieter, Wortmann, Franz Xaver . -- Stuttgarter Profilkatalog
- Braunschweig : F. Vieweg, 1981-
- v. : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
- Text in English and German.
- Vol. 1 is a new ed. of a publication of the Institut fur Aerodynamik und
- Gasdynamik of Universitat Stuttgart first issued in 1972 in German.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents: 1. Messergebnisse aus dem Laminarwindkanal des Instituts fur
- Aerodynamik und Gasdynamik der Universitat Stuttgart.
-
-
- (20) Miley, S.J.,"A Catalog of Low Reynolds Number Airfoil Data for Wind
- Turbine Applications". RFP-3387 VC-60, Rockwell International
- Feb. 1982. Us Dept. of Energy, Wind Energy Technology Division,
- Federal Wind Energy Program.
-
- (21) Bauer, Frances.
- Supercritical wing sections III / Frances Bauer, Paul Garabedian,
- David Korn.-- Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1977.
- 179 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. -- (Lecture notes in economics and mathematical
- systems; 150)
- Two earlier books: [1] A theory of supercritical wing sections, by F. Bauer,
- P. Garabedian, and D. Korn; [2] Supercritical wing theory, by F. Bauer et al.
- Bibliography: p. [26]-28.
- Includes index.
-
-
- (22) MTB 3 'NACA-Profile', published by
- Verlag fuer Technik und Handwerk, Baden-Baden, Germany, ISBN
- 3-88180-103-0, last updated in 1990, which contains coordinates
- and calculated polars for about 30 NACA 4-series, 6-series
- and GA(W)-1 and GA(W)-2. The booklet is laid out similar to
- the MTB 1/2, some (german) text, velocity distributions of
- all airfoils, drag polars and plots in various sizes.
-