Aerodynamic Design Optimization of Transonic Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil at Low Reynolds Number

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="8"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">CL</td><td class="align_center">CD</td><td class="align_center">K = CL/CD</td><td class="align_center">CDp</td><td class="align_center">CDv</td><td class="align_center">Cm</td><td class="align_center">Xtri</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="8"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Original airfoil</td><td class="align_center">0.5</td><td class="align_center">0.0222</td><td class="align_center">22.5</td><td class="align_center">0.0168</td><td class="align_center">0.0054</td><td class="align_center">−0.0785</td><td class="align_center">0.598</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Optimized airfoil</td><td class="align_center">0.5</td><td class="align_center">0.0174</td><td class="align_center">28.7</td><td class="align_center">0.0116</td><td class="align_center">0.0058</td><td class="align_center">−0.0576</td><td class="align_center">0.488</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="8"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Aerodynamic characteristics for the original and optimized airfoils at on-design point.</div>

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Table 3: Aerodynamic Design Optimization of Transonic Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil at Low Reynolds Number 