naca
naca,
an Octave code which
takes the parameters of certain NACA airfoils and return the
coordinates of a sequence of points that outline the wing shape.
Licensing:
The computer code and data files described and made available on this
web page are 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
bird_egg,
an Octave code which
evaluates some formulas for the shapes of bird eggs.
Reference:
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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:
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naca4_mpt.m,
extracts the M, P and T parameters from a NACA 4 digit code.
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naca4_cambered.m,
given a point xc along the camber line, returns pairs
(xu,yu) and (xl,yl) along the upper and lower airfoil surface
of a NACA cambered 4-digit airfoil.
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naca4_symmetric.m,
given a point x, returns the value y(x) so that (x,y(x))
lies on the upper surface of a NACA symmetric 4-digit airfoil
and (x,-y(x)) lies on the lower surface.
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r8mat_write.m,
writes an R8MAT to a file.
Last revised on 23 September 2022.