A rapid computational model for estimating the performance of compliant airfoils in cascades
By: by F. Sisto, M. Avila
Contributors: Avila, Mathew R.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Aeronautical and Astronautical Department
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: ROTOR BLADES(TURBOMACHINERY); AEROTHERMODYNAMICS; AEROELASTICITY
Other titles: NPS-AA-93-001.
Description: We consider the problem of designing the blades in a turbomachine to have a specific      schedule of structural stiffness in order to achieve more favorable aerothermodynamic      performance characteristics than is possible with rigid blades. This problem of      'aerothermodynamic tailoring' is extremely complex because of the need to couple the      flow computation over a deformable surface with the structural dynamics computation. In      this report an analysis is presented which accomplishes this objective by means of a      two-dimensional incompressible potential flow model using vortex sheet representation of      the blades. Details of the analysis and of the resulting computer program together with      representative results are described
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS-AA-93-001."

"Technical report for period January 1992 - June 1992."

AD A266 275.

Includes bibliographical references (p .7).

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