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Lifting Surface in Subsonic Unsteady Regime

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The paper refers to the solution of the integral equation for the acceleration (or pressure) potential for the study of subsonic linearized unsteady flow in view of aeroelastic applications. The case considered is relevant to a trapezoidal wing infinitely thin surface without discontinuities. As is well known [1, 2], the kernel of the integral equation exhibits three singularities, two of which are integrable in elementary form, whereas, for the third one integration in principal part according to Hadamard's rule is necessary. The kernel is therefore reworked in such a way that all the singularities are separated from the regular part, and eventually the discretization is performed in such a way that only the regular part is to be recalculated for each new value of the reduced frequency. Convergence tests, comparison with other methods of solution, and time saving associated with the technique of separation are also shown.

Sommario. II lavoro tratta la risoluzione del problema relativo alla equazione integrale nel potenziale di accelerazione (o di pressione) per lo studio di una corrente subsonica linearizzata nonstazionaria, in vista di applicazioni aeroelastiche. Il caso considerato è quello di una superficie alare a pianta trapezoidale in assenza di discontinuità di spessore infinitesimo. Come è noto [1, 2], il nucleo della equazione integrale in parola presenta tre singolarità, due sole delle quali sono integrabili in forma elementare, (o riconducibili ad essa), mentre per la terza è necessario far ricorso alla integrazione in parte principale alla Hadamard. Il nucleo stesso viene quindi rielaborato in modo da isolare tutte le singolarità dalla componente regolare del nucleo; si procede così alla discretizzazione dell' equazione integrale, e, per ogni valore della frequenza ridotta, va ricalcolata solo la parte regolare della matrice risolvente. Vengono poi effettuati tests di convergenza, confronti con altri metodi di soluzione, analisi sui tempi di calcolo e risparmio di tempo di calcolo dovuto alla tecnica di separazione.

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Santini, P., Gasbarri, P. Lifting Surface in Subsonic Unsteady Regime. Meccanica 34, 1–27 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004311314673

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