For the NACA 2412 airfoil, calculate the location of the aerodynamic center.
Consider a straight wing of aspect ratio 6 with an NACA 2412 airfoil. Assuming low-speed
flow, calculate the lift coefficientat an angle of attack of 6°. For this wing, the span effectiveness
factor e, = 0.95.
What is the lift coefficient for the same wing at the same angle of attack as in Example 2.5, but
for a free-stream Mach number of 0,7?
Calculate the lift coefficient for a high-aspect-ratio straight wing with a thin symmetric airfoil
at an angle of attack of 6° in a supersonic flow in Mach 2.5.
Helmbold’s equation for low-aspect-ratio straight wings, Eq. (2.182), in the limit as the aspect
ratio becomes very large, reduces to Eq. (2.15) for high-aspect-ratio straight wings. Indeed,
Eq, (2.1'8a) can be viewed as a higher approximation that holds for both low- and high-aspect-
ratio straight wings, providing even greater accuracy than Eq. (2.15) for the high-aspect-ratio
case, albeit the differences are small for high aspect ratios, To illustrate this, calculate the
lift coefficient for the wing described in Example 2.5 at 6° angle of attack, using Helmbold’s
equation, and compare the results with those from Example 2.5 using Eq, (2.15).
Consider a straight wing of aspect ratio 2 with an NACA 2412 airfoil. Assuming low-speed
flow, calculate the lift coefficient at an angle of attack of 6°. Assume ¢ = 0.95.
Calculate the lift coefficient for a straight wing of aspect of ratio 2 at an angle of attack of 6°
in a supersonic flow at Mach 2.5. Assume a thin, symmetric airfoil section.
Consider the wing described in Example 2.5, except with a sweep angle of 35°. Calculate the
low-speed lift coefficient at 6° angle of attack and compare with the straight-wing results from
Example 2.5.