XFOIL(c)

XFOIL(c) is an interactive program for the design and analysis of two-dimensional airfoils. It consists of a collection of menu-driven routines which perform functions such as:

• Viscous (or inviscid) analysis of an existing airfoil, allowing forced or free transistion.
• Airfoil design and redesign by interactive specification of a surface speed distribution.
• Airfoil redesign by interactive specification of new geometric parameters.

XFOIL is based upon a linear vorticity panel method coupled to a lag-dissipation boundary layer scheme. The program has been used in the design of aircraft wings, fan blades, propeller blades and hydro-foils.

Frank A. Dvorak

President
Analytical Methods, Inc.
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Redmond, WA 98052
USA
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