Interactive calculation of cross-sectional areas for aircraft design and analysis

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dc.contributor.authorGrieshaber, Michele Marieen
dc.contributor.committeechairMahan, James Roberten
dc.contributor.committeememberMyklebust, Arviden
dc.contributor.committeememberWalters, Robert W.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:35:01Zen
dc.date.adate2010-04-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:35:01Zen
dc.date.issued1988-08-05en
dc.date.rdate2010-04-27en
dc.date.sdate2010-04-27en
dc.description.abstractDiscussed is the development of two computer programs for the calculation of cross-sectional areas for existing aircraft and aircraft concepts. The first program allows the user to display aircraft described in Hess format, to restructure the data in a manner compatible with computational fluid dynamic codes for predicting viscous flow drag, and to compute and display the axial distribution of cross-sectional area normal to the free-stream airflow. The second program is an extension of an existing conceptual design code called ACSYNT /VPI. The extension allows calculation of areas of intersection between a cutting plane tilted at an arbitrary angle with the aircraft axis and the aircraft. The design of both codes is described in depth, and user's guides for the resulting programs are included in the appendices.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 171 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04272010-020357en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04272010-020357/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42344en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1988.G743.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 18763400en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1988.G743en
dc.subject.lcshAerodynamicsen
dc.subject.lcshAirplanes -- Design and constructionen
dc.titleInteractive calculation of cross-sectional areas for aircraft design and analysisen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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