% Lifting Line code in MATLAB % Coded by L. sankar, December 1998 % croot=input('Please input root chord '); ctip=input('Please input tip chord '); span=input('Please input span '); thetaroot=input('Please input Root twist angle in degrees '); thetatip=input('Please input tip twist angle in degrees '); a0root=input('Please input root lift curve slope in units/ radian '); a0tip=input('Please input lift curve slope at the tip, in units/radian '); alpha=input('Please input angle of attack, in degrees '); alpha0root=input('Please input zero-lift angle at the root '); alpha0tip=input('Please input zero lift angle at the tip '); thetaroot=thetaroot * atan(1.)/45.; thetatip=thetatip * atan(1.)/45.; alpha = alpha * atan(1.)/45.; alpha0root=alpha0root * atan(1.)/45.; alpha0tip=alpha0tip * atan(1.)/45.; n = 10; theta=zeros(1,n); y=zeros(1,n); c=zeros(1,n); cl=zeros(1,n); alp=zeros(1,n); a=zeros(1,n); rhs=zeros(n,1); b=zeros(n,n); a=zeros(n,1); % % Define properties at n span stations % pi = 4. * atan(1.); for i=1:n theta(i) = (i) * pi/(2. * n); y(i) = span * 0.5 * cos(theta(i)); c(i) = croot+(ctip-croot)*y(i)*2./span; alp(i) = alpha+thetaroot-(alpha0root+(alpha0tip-alpha0root+thetaroot-thetatip)*y(i)*2./span); a(i) = a0root+(a0tip-a0root)*y(i)*2./span; end pi = 4. * atan(1.); % Set up 2n x 2n system of equations for A1, A3 , ... A2n-1 for j=1:n mu = c(j)* a(j) / (4. * span) rhs(j,1)=alp(j)*sin(theta(j))*c(j)*a(j)/(4*span); for i=1:n l = 2 * i-1; b(j,i)=sin(l*theta(j))*(mu*l+sin(theta(j))); end end % % Solve for the Fourier Coefficients % a=b\rhs % Compute wing area and aspect ratio S=(croot+ctip)/2.*span; AR=span*span/S; % Compute CL CL=a(1)*pi*AR % Compute CD CD0=1.; for i=2:n CD0=CD0+(2.*i-1)*a(i)*a(i)/(a(1)*a(1)); end CD = pi * AR * a(1) * a(1) * CD0 % Compute spanwise load distribution, normalized by Freestream velocity times Span gamma=zeros(1,n); for i=1:n gamma(i)=0.0; y(i)=y(i)*2./span; for j=1:n gamma(i)=gamma(i)+2.*a(j)*sin((2*j-1)*theta(i)); end gamma(i) = gamma(i) * span; cl(i) = gamma(i)/(0.5*c(i)); end cl % % Plot the circulation distribution from root to tip with labels % plot(y,cl); xlabel('y/Semi-Span'); ylabel('Cl'); title('Sectional Lift Coefficient distribution');