This thesis presents a new theoretical approach based on the concept of velocity singularities developed by Mateescu for airfoils in subsonic flows and for wing-body systems in supersonic regime. The present approach uses the velocity singularities in the Trefftz plane to derive the contributions of the wing incidence and chord changes in the solution of the circulation variation along the wing span. The new specific functions derived for these contributions contain both natural and forced symmetry and anti-symmetry terms, and represent the first correct mathematical modeling of the physical problem. The new forced symmetry and anti-symmetry terms and the new contributions of the incidence and chord distribution changes, which were missing from the previous methods, determine a high level of accuracy of the solution, which is free of spurious oscillations. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.29547 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Seytre, Jean-François |
| Contributors | Mateescu, D. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering (Department of Mechanical Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001955884, proquestno: MQ85898, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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