Modification of a vortex-panel method to include surface effects and allow finite-element interface

A vortex-panel method for potential flow is used as a basis for modeling surface effects and creating a finite-element interface so that an arbitrary body can be analyzed. The basic model consists of triangular panels of linearly varying vorticity which represent the body, vortex cores on the liftin...

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Main Author: Simmons, Scott R.
Other Authors: Engineering Mechanics
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42420
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05022009-040717/