Panel Codes

------Answers to questions---------------------------------------------1)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 2405
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? (5/180)*pi
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 0.80195
(Question_1_Panel_code)
2)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 2117
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? (10/180)*pi
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 1.4754
(Question_2_Panel_code)
------Example of function response ------------------------------------1 - NACA 4 series 2415, varying from angles of attack [0,0.45]
1.1)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 2415
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? 0
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 0.26309
(Figure_1.1)
1.2)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 2415
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? 0.15
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 1.3185
(Figure_1.2)
1.3)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 2415
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? 0.30
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 2.3442
(Figure_1.3)

1.4)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 2415
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? 0.45
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 3.3174
(Figure_1.4)
Lift curve slope:
delta(Cl) = 3.3174 - 0.26309 = 3.05431
delta(aoa) = 0.45 - 0.00 = 0.45
grad = 3.05431 - 0.45 = 6.78736
percentage error relative to theoretical 2pi lift curve slope = 8.02%
----------------------------------------------------------------------2 - NACA 4 series 6412, varying from angles [0,0.45]
2.1)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 6412
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? 0.00
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 0.76918
(Figure_2.1)
2.2)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 6412
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? 0.15
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 1.7877
(Figure_2.2)
2.3)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 6412
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? 0.30
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 2.766
(Figure_2.3)
2.4)
What NACA 4-series airfoil do you want to use? 6412
What is the free stream velocity (m/s)? 250
What is the angle of attack of the airfoil in radians? 0.45
How many panels do you want to use for this approximation? 250
The lift coefficent of this airfoil is 3.6823
(Figure_2.4)

Lift curve slope:

delta(Cl) = 3.3174 - 0.26309 = 2.91312
delta(aoa) = 0.45 - 0.00 = 0.45
grad = 3.05431 - 0.45 = 6.4736
percentage error relative to theoretical 2pi lift curve slope = 3.03%