function [C,T,A]=naca4_3d(airfoil,y,nc) % determine airfoil skin and camber coordinates from NACA designation %% NacaCoord.

m % NACA 4-digit or 5-digit series airfoil % % outputs: C = matrix of camber line coordinates, x,y,z % ordered trailing edge first % T = matrix of skin coordinates % ordered from trailing edge over top surface then % along bottom surface to trailing edge % A = area of airfoil cross section (normalized) % % NOTE: Chord of output airfoil is 1 % % inputs: airfoil = NACA 4- or 5-digit airfoil as string % y = spanwise location % nc = number of chordwise panels % % Ref: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/airfoils/q0041.shtml % Ira H. Abbott and Albert E. Von Doenhoff, Theory of Wing % Sections, 1959, Dover Publications, NY. % % Coordinate system: % x: chord direction, origin at LE, positive is pointing toward TE % y: station along span, perpendicular to aircraft midplane % z: perpendicular to chord, positive is up %This 'if' statement establishes the constants for either 4- or 5- digit %airfoils. if length(airfoil) == 4 m = str2num(airfoil(1))/100; p = str2num(airfoil(2))/10; t = str2num(airfoil(3:4))/100; elseif length(airfoil) == 5 switch airfoil(1:3) case '210' m = 0.0580; k1 = 361.4; case '220' m = 0.1260; k1 = 51.64; case '230' m = 0.2025; k1 = 15.957; case '240' m = 0.2900; k1 = 6.643; case '250' m = 0.3910; k1 = 3.230; otherwise end t = str2num(airfoil(4:5))/100; end

%% Constants % nc % number of line segments describing top surface % (= number of line segments describing bottom surface) npc = nc+1; % number of points along mean camber line nps = 2*nc+1; % number of points along surface dx=1/nc; % x-direction increment (along chord) %% Fill coordinate matrices with y coordinate C = zeros(npc,3); % mean camber C(:,2) = y; T = zeros(nps,3); %skin T(:,2) = y; %% Mean Camber Line and Slope % dzcdx is the derivative of the mean camber line % theta is the local angle of the mean camber line % x=1:-dx:0; % order x locations starting at trailing edge, x=1 x=0:dx:1; % order x locations starting at leading edge, x=0 if length(airfoil) == 4 for i = 1:nc+1 if x(i)<p % leading edge zc(i) = m/(p^2)*(2*p*x(i)-x(i)^2); %Eqn 6.4 Abbot dzcdx(i) = m/p^2*(2*p-2*x(i)); theta(i) = atan(dzcdx(i)); else % trailing edge zc(i) = m/(1-p)^2*((1-2*p)+2*p*x(i)-x(i)^2); %Eqn 6.4 Abbot dzcdx(i) = m/(1-p)^2*(2*p-2*x(i)); theta(i) = atan(dzcdx(i)); end end elseif length(airfoil) == 5 for i = 1:nc+1 if x(i)<m % leading edge zc(i) = 1/6*k1*(x(i)^3-3*m*x(i)^2+m^2*(3-m)*x(i)); %Eqn 6.6 Abbot dzcdx(i) = 1/6*k1*(3*x(i)^2-6*m*x(i)+m^2*(3-m)); theta(i) = atan(dzcdx(i)); else % trailing edge zc(i) = 1/6*k1*m^3*(1-x(i)); %Eqn 6.6 Abbot dzcdx(i) = -1/6*k1*m^3; theta(i) = atan(dzcdx(i)); end end end C(:,1)=-x; % output mean camber line coordinates; negative x due to axis conven tion C(:,3)=-zc; %negative z due to axis convention %% Thickness distribution is the same for both 4- and 5-digit airfoils for i=1:nc+1 zt(i) = t/0.2*[0.2969*x(i)^0.5-0.1260*x(i)-0.3516*x(i)^2+0.2843*x(i)^3-0.101 5*x(i)^4]; %Eqn 6.2 Abbott end %% Area A=0; for i=1:nc da=dx*(zt(i)+zt(i+1)); %Take the average of zt(i) and zt(i+1) and double it A=A+da;

end A; %% Upper skin for i=1:nc+1 xu(i) = x(i)-zt(i)*sin(theta(i)); %Eqn 6.1 Abbott zu(i) = zc(i)+zt(i)*cos(theta(i)); %Eqn 6.1 Abbott T(i,1) = -xu(i); %negative x due to sign convention T(i,3) = -zu(i); %negative z due to sign convention end %% lower skin % exclude point nc+1 at leading edge % because it is included as the last point of the upper surface for i=1:nc xl(i) = x(i)+zt(i)*sin(theta(i)); zl(i) = zc(i)-zt(i)*cos(theta(i)); end %Eqn 6.1 Abbott %Eqn 6.1 Abbott

% reverse order so LE to TE for i=nc+2:nps T(i,1) = -xl(2*(nc+1)-i);%negative x due to sign convention T(i,3) = -zl(2*(nc+1)-i);%negative z due to sign convention end %figure %plot(xu,zu,'o') %hold on %plot(xl,zl,'or') %axis equal