ex_potential_flow1.m File Reference

Description

EX_POTENTIAL_FLOW1 Potential flow around a NACA wing profile.

[ FEA, OUT ] = EX_POTENTIAL_FLOW1( VARARGIN ) Example to calculate potential flow around a NACA airfoil with the stream-function formulation. Using fminbnd to establish the stream-function value on the body so as to enforce the Kutta condition and minimize the velocity at the trailing edge.

Accepts the following property/value pairs.

Input       Value/{Default}        Description
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series      string {0012}          NACA 4-series wing profile descriptor
alfa        scalar {6}             Angle of attack
sfun        string {sflag1}        Shape function for stream-function
iplot       scalar 0/{1}           Plot solution (=1)
                                                                                  .
Output      Value/(Size)           Description
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fea         struct                 Problem definition struct
out         struct                 Output struct

See also

fminbnd

Code listing

 cOptDef = { 'series',   '0012';
             'alfa',      6;
             'sfun',     'sflag1';
             'iplot',     1;
             'tol',       0.05;
             'fid',       1 };
 [got,opt] = parseopt(cOptDef,varargin{:});
 fid       = opt.fid;

 series = opt.series;
 alfa   = opt.alfa;
 sfun   = opt.sfun;


 func = @(psi) velocity_at_trailing_edge( psi, series, alfa, sfun );
 args = {};
 if( ~isempty(opt.fid) )
   args = { optimset('Display','iter','TolX',1e-3) };
 end
 [psi_min,U_min] = fminbnd( func, -10, 10, args{:} );
% [psi_min,U_min] = fminsearch( func, 0, args{:} );

 fea = l_setup_fea( psi_min, series, alfa, sfun );
 fea.sol.u = solvestat( fea, 'fid', [] );
 err = l_postprocessing( opt.iplot, fea, series, alfa );
 out.err  = err;
 out.pass = err < opt.tol;

 if( ~nargout )
   clear fea out
 end


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