This two-part project developed teaching aides for subsonic aerodynamics courses taught in the Discovery Classroom at WPI. First an airfoil with a remotely operable trailing edge flap system was designed, manufactured, and tested. Results were compared to the predictions of MULTFOIL, an inviscid vortex panel method code. A CAD/CAM procedure was developed allowing students in an introductory aerodynamics course to design and manufacture custom airfoils on a three-axis CNC milling machine.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Golden, Michael I.
• Yanson, Logan M.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D048M

Advisor

• Olinger, David J.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright