From: gps19@herald.usask.ca (Gregory P. Siemens)
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Subject: NACA airfoil data request
Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:33:53 GMT
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[ Article crossposted from sci.aeronautics ]
[ Author was JIM SONNENMEIER ]
[ Posted on 19 Jan 93 13:26:00 GMT ]

In article <1j6rqoINN90o@access.usask.ca>, gps19@herald.usask.ca (Gregory P. Siemens) writes...
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>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. 
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