High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics

1 Introduction.- 2 Description of Flows at High Angles of Attack.- 2.1. The Finite Lifting Wing of Medium and High AR at Low Subsonic Speeds.- 2.2. The Low AR Rectangular Wing at Low Subsonic Speeds.- 2.3. The Slender Delta Type Wings.- 2.4. The Flow Over Elongated Slender Bodies.- 2.5. Aircraft Type Configurations.- 2.6. Vortex Breakdown.- 2.7. Nonsteady Aerodynamics at High Angles of Attack on Slender Configurations.- 2.8. Effect of Separation at High Angles of Attack in Hypersonic Flows.- References.- 3 The Topology of Separating and Reattaching Vortical Flows.- 3.1. Equations for Vortical Flows.- 3.2. Topological Concepts for the Analysis of Vortical Flows.- References.- 4 Linear Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies.- 4.1. Equations for Potential Subsonic Flows.- 4.2. Equations for the Lifting Wing at Low Speeds.- 4.3. The Linear Panel Methods for the Calculation of the Subsonic Aerodynamic Coefficients for Wings and Bodies.- 4.4. Low and High Order Linear Panel Methods for Subsonic and Supersonic Flows.- 4.5. Comparison of the Various Panel Methods.- References.- 5 Vortex Flows and the Rolled Up Vortex Wake.- 5.1. Vortex Core of the Rolled Up Wake.- 5.2. The Rolled Up Tip Vortices.- 5.3. The Rolling-Up of the Vortex Wake Behind Wings.- 5.4. The “Bursting” of the Rolled Up Vortices.- References.- 6 Nonlinear Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies at High Angles of Attack.- 6.1. Analytical and Semi-Empirical Methods for Calculations of the Nonlinear Aerodynamic Characteristics.- References.- 7 The Nonlinear Panel Methods for Aircraft and Missile Configurations at High Angles of Attack.- 7.1. The Nonlinear Vortex Lattice Method (NLVLM) for Subsonic Flows.- 7.2. The Free Vortex Sheet (FVS) Method for Subsonic Flows.- 7.3. The NLVLM for Supersonic Flow.- References.- 8Solutions of the Euler Equations for Flows over Configurations at High Angles of Attack.- 8.1. The Euler Equations.- 8.2. Numerical Methods of Solution of the Euler Equations.- References.- 9 Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations for Flows over Configurations at High Angles of Attack.- 9.1. Formulation of the Navier-Stokes Equations.- 9.2. Numerical Methods for Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations.- 9.3. Method of solution of the Thin-Layer Equations.- 9.4. Grid Topology, Boundary and Initial Conditions.- 9.5. Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations for Flows over Three-Dimensional Configurations at High Angles of Attack.- References.- Credits.- Author Index.