Source Panel Method: Airfoil

In my YouTube video called “Source Panel Method: Airfoil“, we took the circular cylinder code and added a couple of code blocks to be able to load and create an airfoil, and to compute the circulation around an ellipse encompassing the airfoil. Below are the files needed to run the code. You will need all of these in the same directory. You will also need the “xfoil.exe” program in this directory (download it here). If you want to be able to load airfoils, you’ll also need a directory called “Airfoil_DAT_Selig” in this directory, which includes all the “.dat” files that can be downloaded from the UIUC airfoil database. The main file that you will run is called SP_Airfoil.

SP_Airfoil.m
SP_Airfoil.m

To run this program without errors, you need to also download COMPUTE_IJ_SPM.m, STREAMLINE_SPM.m, XFOIL.m, and COMPUTE_CIRCULATION.m files.  All files must be placed in the same directory/folder.  You will also need the “xfoil.exe” program in the same directory.

XFOIL.m
XFOIL.m
COMPUTE_IJ_SPM.m
COMPUTE_IJ_SPM.m
STREAMLINE_SPM.m
STREAMLINE_SPM.m

COMPUTE_CIRCULATION.m
COMPUTE_CIRCULATION.m

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SP_Airfoil.py
SP_Airfoil.py

To run this program without errors, you need to also download COMPUTE_IJ_SPM.py, STREAMLINE_SPM.py, XFOIL.py, and COMPUTE_CIRCULATION.py files.  All files must be placed in the same directory/folder.  You will also need the “xfoil.exe” program in the same directory.

Note: I can’t upload “.py” files, so this is a “.txt” file.  Just download it and change the extension to “.py”, and it should work fine.

XFOIL.py
XFOIL.py

Note: I can’t upload “.py” files, so this is a “.txt” file.  Just download it and change the extension to “.py”, and it should work fine.

COMPUTE_IJ_SPM.py
COMPUTE_IJ_SPM.py

Note: I can’t upload “.py” files, so this is a “.txt” file.  Just download it and change the extension to “.py”, and it should work fine.

STREAMLINE_SPM.py
STREAMLINE_SPM.py

Note: I can’t upload “.py” files, so this is a “.txt” file.  Just download it and change the extension to “.py”, and it should work fine.

COMPUTE_CIRCULATION.py
COMPUTE_CIRCULATION.py

Note: I can’t upload “.py” files, so this is a “.txt” file. Just download it and change the extension to “.py”, and it should work fine.

3 Replies to “Source Panel Method: Airfoil”

  1. Hi Josh,
    Hats off to all the wonderful work you have done!
    Your SP_Airfoil works fantastic for 4-digit NACA airfoils, but when I use it for a 5-digit NACA airfoil, for example, for the NACA 66210 airfoil, I receive the following error:

    Error using textscan
    Invalid file identifier. Use fopen to generate a valid file identifier.

    Error in XFOIL (line 103)
    dataBuffer = textscan(fidCP,’%f %f %f’,’HeaderLines’,3,…

    Error in SP_Airfoil (line 81)
    [xFoilResults,success] = XFOIL(NACA,PPAR,AoA,flagAirfoil);

    Is there something I am missing?

    Thanks.

  2. Hey Josh,

    Not sure if you’ll have time to answer this, but I’m just trying a the source panel method for NACA0012, zero angle of attack, no circulation or anything like that.

    I don’t understand the many functions you have here. I just need to have one script to calculate the Cp across the panels on the airfoil. I see that you’re calculating it, but I don’t see what equations/loops are actually doing that. Anyways, let me know if you can help.

    V/R

    Allen

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