A STUDY ON THE AERODYNAMIC SHAPE DESIGN WITH THE PARSEC FUNCTION

PARSEC 함수를 이용한 헤어포일의 공력 형상 설계 연구

  • 이재훈 (한국과학기술원 대학원 항공우주공학) ;
  • 정경진 (한국과학기술원 대학원 항공우주공학) ;
  • 권장혁 (한국과학기술원 대학원 항공우주공학) ;
  • 안중기 (국방과학연구소)
  • Published : 2007.10.26

Abstract

In the shape design optimization of an airfoil, the shape function has been used to find the optimal airfoil shape for given conditions. The parameters determining the airfoil shape are used in the shape design optimization as design variables. However, they usually don't have physical meaning. The PARSEC (Parametric Shapes) function is a recently proposed shape function and its parameters have the physical meaning. In this study the usefulness of the PARSEC is tested for the RAE2822 airfoil in the transonic flow region to reduce the shock strength and the result is compared with Hicks-Henne function. The optimized airfoils reduce the shock strength and they show similar result.

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