Research Article

Use of Multiquadric Functions for Multivariable Representation of the Aerodynamic Coefficients of Airfoils

Table 5

Changing the input data P(Re, α).

DAE-21 multiquadric functions versus piecewise linear multivariable interpolation
DataLift coefficientDrag coefficientPitching moment coefficient
MultiquadricsM.I.MultiquadricsM.I.MultiquadricsM.I.
C(Re,α)(%)REL.P.A(%)REL.P.A(%)C(Re,α)REL.P.A(%)REL.P.A(%)C(Re,α)REL.P.A(%)REL.P.A(%)

P(9,26)C(9,15)2.602.62C(9,17)11.8811.72C(9,25)1.761.59
P(5,51)C(5,44)5.284.89C(5,30)15.7116.07C(5,13)3.581.88
P(13,26)C(13,16)1.751.76C(13,25)10.1910.10C(13,25)1.191.19
P(9,51)C(9,33)2.592.61C(9,32)11.0911.19C(9,42)3.453.23