naca

naca, a Fortran77 code which takes the parameters of certain NACA airfoils and returns the coordinates of a sequence of points that outline the wing shape. The data can be displayed with gnuplot().

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

naca is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

naca_test

gnuplot_test, a Fortran77 code which illustrates how a program can write data and command files so that gnuplot() can create plots of the program results.

Reference:

1. Eastman Jacobs, Kenneth Ward, Robert Pinkerton,
   The characteristics of 78 related airfoil sections from tests in the variable-density wind tunnel,
   NACA Report 460, 1933.

Source Code:

• naca.f, the source code.
• naca.sh, compiles the source code.