Package jahuwaldt.aero.airfoils

Class NACA4Cambered

java.lang.Object

jahuwaldt.aero.airfoils.NACA4Uncambered

jahuwaldt.aero.airfoils.NACA4Cambered

All Implemented Interfaces:

Airfoil, java.io.Serializable

public class NACA4Cambered
extends NACA4Uncambered

This class represents an arbitrary cambered NACA 4 digit airfoil section with 2 digit camber such as a NACA 6409 airfoil. The 1st digit is the maximum camber in percent chord. The 2nd digit is the chordwise location of maximum camber in tenths of chord. The last two digits are the airfoil thickness in percent chord.

Ported from FORTRAN "NACA4.FOR" to Java by: Joseph A. Huwaldt, October 8, 2000

Original FORTRAN "NACA4" code had the following note:

         AUTHORS - Charles L.Ladson and Cuyler W. Brooks, NASA Langley
                   Liam Hardy, NASA Ames
                   Ralph Carmichael, Public Domain Aeronautical Software
         Last FORTRAN version:  8Aug95  1.7   RLC

         NOTES - This program has been known by the names ANALIN, FOURDIGIT and NACA4.
         REFERENCES-  NASA Technical Memorandum TM X-3284 (November, 1975)
                      "Development of a Computer Program to Obtain Ordinates for
                      NACA 4-Digit, 4-Digit Modified, 5-Digit and 16-Digit Airfoils",
                      by Charles L. Ladson and Cuyler W. Brooks, Jr.,
                      NASA Langley Research Center.

                      NASA Technical Memorandum TM 4741 (December 1996),
                      "Computer Program to Obtain Ordinates for NACA Airfoils",
                      by Charles L. Ladson, Cuyler W. Brooks, Jr., and Acquilla S. Hill,
                      NASA Langley Research Center and
                      Darrell W. Sproles, Computer Sciences Corporation, Hampton, VA.

                      "Theory of Wing Sections", by Ira Abbott and Albert Von Doenhoff.
  

Modified by: Joseph A. Huwaldt

Version:

March 7, 2013

Author:

Joseph A. Huwaldt Date: October 8, 2000

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NACA4Cambered(double thickness, double camber, double xcamber, double length)	Create a cambered NACA 4 digit airfoil with the specified parameters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)	Simple method to test this class.
java.lang.String	toString()	Returns a string representation of this airfoil (the NACA designation of this airfoil).

Methods inherited from class jahuwaldt.aero.airfoils.NACA4Uncambered

getCamber, getLower, getLowerYp, getUpper, getUpperYp

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NACA4Cambered

public NACA4Cambered(double thickness,
                     double camber,
                     double xcamber,
                     double length)

Create a cambered NACA 4 digit airfoil with the specified parameters. For example: a NACA 6409 airfoil translates to: thickness = 0.09, camber = 0.06, xcamber = 0.40.

Parameters:

thickness - The thickness to chord ratio (e.g.: 0.09 ==> 9% t/c).

camber - The maximum camber ordinate-to-chord ratio (e.g.: 0.06 ==> 6% camber/c).

xcamber - The position of maximum camber in tenths of chord (e.g.: 0.40 ==> max camber at 4% chord).

length - The chord length.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this airfoil (the NACA designation of this airfoil).

Overrides:

toString in class NACA4Uncambered

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Simple method to test this class.