Naca 3615

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Tandy and Galih
NACA 3615
Tandy Ari irawan
Prabowo Galih Mahanendra
120121615
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AEE172(Section 1)
AEE172(Section 1)
ABSTRACT
A simple, elegant and modern method of geometric description of NACA Four-digit airfoil
shapes is presented. Results are found to closely match conventionally described NACA Four
Digit airfoil shapes. The method developed allows user flexibility, and is easily adaptable to
manufacturing processes.
INTRODUCTION
The NACA airfoils are airfoil shapes for aircraft wings developed by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics(NACA). The shape of the NACA airfoils is described using a series of
digits following the word "NACA". The parameters in the numerical code can be entered into
equations to precisely generate the cross-section of the airfoil and calculate its properties. In
this study equation for four-digit NACA airfoil will be used, and the explation of its NACA airfoil
properties.
1 Lecturer in Aeronautical Engineering Department,.Undergraduated Student in Aeronautical

Engineering Department atuniversity of Turkish Aeronautical Association
2 Prof. in Aeronautical Engineering Department
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METHOD
The NACA four-digit wing sections define the profile by:

1. First digit describing maximum camber as percentage of the chord.
2. Second digit describing the distance of maximum camber from the airfoil leading edge in
tens of percents of the chord.
3. Last two digits describing maximum thickness of the airfoil as percent of the chord
The equation for symetrical 4-digit NACA airfoil :
1. The formula for the shape of a NACA 00xx foil, with "xx" being replaced by the
percentage of thickness to chord, is
c
= t 0.2 [0.2969 0.1260 ( ) 0.3516 ( ) + 0.248 ( ) 0.1015 ( ) ]
Where c is the chord length, x is the position along the chord from 0 to c,
is the half
thickness at a given value of x (centerline to surface), and t is the maximum thickness as a

fraction of the chord (so 100 t gives the last two digits in the NACA 4-digit denomination)
The equation for a cambered 4-digit NACA airfoil :
1. The simplest asymmetric foils are the NACA 4-digit series foils, which use the same
formula as that used to generate the 00xx symmetric foils, but with the line of mean
camber bent. The formula used to calculate the mean camber line is
= (1)2 (1 + 2)
Where m is the maximum camber (100m is the first of the four digits), p is the location
of maximum camber (10p is the second digit in the NACA xxxx description)
2. For this cambered airfoil, because the thickness needs to be applied perpendicular to the
camber line, the coordinates
and
, of respectively the upper and
lower airfoil surface, become = + sin = +

sin , = +
and = cos where = arctan ( ) and = (1)2
cos ,
RESULT AND DISCUSSION

The NACA 3615 airfoil has a maximum camber of 3% located 60% (0.6 chords) from the leading
edge with a maximum thickness of 15% of the chord. Four-digit series airfoils by default have
maximum thickness at 15% of the chord (0.15 chords) from the leading edge.

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Table 1: From four digits NACA equation
ytup
ytlow
ymcl
dy/dx
theta
xu
yu
xl
0,00016
-0,0002
0,99955
0,00017
-0,0002
0,9982
0,00019
0,99595
-0,15
-0,1489
1,00002
0,00016
0,99998
-0,0001558
6,7539E-05
-0,1498
-0,1487
0,99957
0,00023
0,99952
-9,603E-05
-0,0002
0,00026958
-0,1493
-0,1482
0,99823
0,00046
0,99817
8,2597E-05
0,00023
-0,0002
0,00060439
-0,1485
-0,1474
0,99598
0,00083
0,99592
0,00037852
0,99281
0,00028
-0,0003
0,00106911
-0,1473
-0,1463
0,99285
0,00135
0,99277
0,00078905
0,98878
0,00035
-0,0004
0,00165974
-0,1458
-0,1448
0,98883
0,00201
0,98873
0,00131047
0,98387
0,00044
-0,0004
0,00237122
-0,1439
-0,143
0,98393
0,0028
0,9838
0,00193802
0,97808
0,00054
-0,0005
0,00319743
-0,1418
-0,1408
0,97816
0,00373
0,97801
0,00266599
0,97144
0,00065
-0,0006
0,00413124
-0,1393
-0,1384
0,97153
0,00477
0,97135
0,00348771
0,96394
0,00078
-0,0008
0,00516457
-0,1365
-0,1356
0,96405
0,00593
0,96384
0,0043956
0,95561
0,00092
-0,0009
0,00628847
-0,1334
-0,1326
0,95574
0,0072
0,95549
0,00538128
0,94646
0,00107
-0,0011
0,00749314
-0,1299
-0,1292
0,9466
0,00855
0,94633
0,00643557
0,93651
0,00123
-0,0012
0,00876806
-0,1262
-0,1255
0,93666
0,00999
0,93635
0,00754859
0,92576
0,0014
-0,0014
0,01010202
-0,1222
-0,1216
0,92593
0,01149
0,92559
0,00870982
0,91425
0,00159
-0,0016
0,01148323
-0,1178
-0,1173
0,91444
0,01306
0,91407
0,0099082
0,902
0,00178
-0,0018
0,01289941
-0,1132
-0,1128
0,9022
0,01467
0,9018
0,01113221
0,88902
0,00198
-0,002
0,01433788
-0,1084
-0,108
0,88923
0,01631
0,8888
0,01236991
0,87534
0,00219
-0,0022
0,01578563
-0,1033
-0,1029
0,87556
0,01796
0,87511
0,01360912
0,86098
0,0024
-0,0024
0,01722946
-0,0979
-0,0976
0,86121
0,01962
0,86074
0,01483745
0,84597
0,00262
-0,0026
0,01865607
-0,0922
-0,092
0,84621
0,02127
0,84573
0,01604241
0,83034
0,00285
-0,0029
0,02005213
-0,0864
-0,0862
0,83058
0,02289
0,83009
0,01721152
0,81411
0,00308
-0,0031
0,02140442
-0,0803
-0,0801
0,81436
0,02448
0,81386
0,01833242
0,79732
0,00332
-0,0033
0,02269991
-0,074
-0,0739
0,79756
0,02601
0,79707
0,01939296
0,77999
0,00355
-0,0036
0,02392585
-0,0675
-0,0674
0,78023
0,02747
0,77975
0,02038127
0,76215
0,00379
-0,0038
0,02506991
-0,0608
-0,0607
0,76238
0,02885
0,76192
0,02128591
0,74385
0,00403
-0,004
0,02612023
-0,0539
-0,0539
0,74406
0,03014
0,74363
0,02209595
0,7251
0,00427
-0,0043
0,02706554
-0,0469
-0,0469
0,7253
0,03133
0,7249
0,02280105
0,70595
0,00451
-0,0045
0,02789521
-0,0397
-0,0397
0,70613
0,0324
0,70577
0,02339156
0,68643
0,00474
-0,0047
0,0285994
-0,0324
-0,0324
0,68658
0,03334
0,68627
0,02385858
0,66657
0,00498
-0,005
0,02916908
-0,025
-0,025
0,66669
0,03414
0,66645
0,0241941
0,64641
0,00521
-0,0052
0,02959612
-0,0174
-0,0174
0,6465
0,0348
0,64632
0,02439101
0,62599
0,00543
-0,0054
0,02987336
-0,0097
-0,0097
0,62604
0,0353
0,62594
0,0244432
0,60534
0,00565
-0,0056
0,02999465
-0,002
-0,002
0,60535
0,03564
0,60533
0,02434558
0,5845
0,00586
-0,0059
0,02995496
0,00581
0,00581
0,58447
0,03582
0,58453
0,02409421
0,56351
0,00606
-0,0061
0,02975033
0,01368
0,01368
0,56343
0,03581
0,56359
0,02368624
0,5424
0,00626
-0,0063
0,02937798
0,0216
0,0216
0,54227
0,03564
0,54254
0,02312001

yl
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0,52122
0,00644
-0,0064
0,02883634
0,02954
0,02953
0,52103
0,03528
0,52141
0,02239505
0,5
0,00662
-0,0066
0,028125
0,0375
0,03748
0,49975
0,03474
0,50025
0,02151212
0,47878
0,00678
-0,0068
0,02724479
0,04546
0,04543
0,47847
0,03402
0,47909
0,02047314
0,4576
0,00693
-0,0069
0,02619776
0,0534
0,05335
0,45723
0,03311
0,45797
0,01928129
0,43649
0,00706
-0,0071
0,02498716
0,06132
0,06124
0,43606
0,03203
0,43692
0,01794089
0,4155
0,00718
-0,0072
0,02361742
0,06919
0,06908
0,415
0,03078
0,41599
0,01645745
0,39466
0,00728
-0,0073
0,02209418
0,077
0,07685
0,3941
0,02935
0,39522
0,01483759
0,37401
0,00736
-0,0074
0,02042418
0,08475
0,08454
0,37339
0,02776
0,37463
0,01308902
0,35359
0,00743
-0,0074
0,01861527
0,0924
0,09214
0,35291
0,02601
0,35427
0,01122048
0,33343
0,00747
-0,0075
0,01667634
0,09996
0,09963
0,33269
0,02411
0,33417
0,00924168
0,31357
0,0075
-0,0075
0,01461729
0,10741
0,107
0,31277
0,02207
0,31437
0,00716324
0,29405
0,0075
-0,0075
0,01244892
0,11473
0,11423
0,29319
0,0199
0,2949
0,0049966
0,2749
0,00748
-0,0075
0,01018289
0,12191
0,12131
0,27399
0,01761
0,2758
0,00275395
0,25615
0,00744
-0,0074
0,00783167
0,12894
0,12824
0,2552
0,01522
0,2571
0,00044817
0,23785
0,00738
-0,0074
0,00540839
0,13581
0,13498
0,23685
0,01272
0,23884
-0,0019073
0,22001
0,0073
-0,0073
0,0029268
0,1425
0,14154
0,21898
0,01015
0,22104
-0,0042986
0,20268
0,00719
-0,0072
0,00040116
0,14899
0,14791
0,20162
0,00751
0,20374
-0,0067113
0,18589
0,00706
-0,0071
-0,0021538
0,15529
0,15406
0,18481
0,00482
0,18697
-0,0091308
0,16966
0,00691
-0,0069
-0,0047232
0,16138
0,16
0,16856
0,0021
0,17076
-0,0115424
0,15403
0,00673
-0,0067
-0,0072916
0,16724
0,16571
0,15292
-0,0007
0,15514
-0,0139311
0,13902
0,00653
-0,0065
-0,0098439
0,17287
0,17118
0,13791
-0,0034
0,14013
-0,016282
0,12466
0,00631
-0,0063
-0,0123646
0,17825
0,1764
0,12356
-0,0061
0,12577
-0,0185803
0,11098
0,00607
-0,0061
-0,0148385
0,18338
0,18137
0,10989
-0,0089
0,11208
-0,0208115
0,098
0,00581
-0,0058
-0,0172505
0,18825
0,18607
0,09693
-0,0115
0,09908
-0,022961
0,08575
0,00553
-0,0055
-0,0195859
0,19285
0,19051
0,0847
-0,0142
0,08679
-0,0250151
0,07424
0,00523
-0,0052
-0,0218303
0,19716
0,19466
0,07322
-0,0167
0,07525
-0,0269603
0,06349
0,00491
-0,0049
-0,02397
0,20119
0,19854
0,06252
-0,0192
0,06446
-0,0287835
0,05354
0,00457
-0,0046
-0,0259916
0,20492
0,20213
0,05262
-0,0215
0,05446
-0,0304724
0,04439
0,00422
-0,0042
-0,0278826
0,20836
0,20542
0,04352
-0,0237
0,04525
-0,0320156
0,03606
0,00385
-0,0039
-0,0296313
0,21148
0,20841
0,03526
-0,0259
0,03685
-0,0334021
0,02856
0,00347
-0,0035
-0,0312267
0,21429
0,2111
0,02783
-0,0278
0,02929
-0,0346219
0,02192
0,00308
-0,0031
-0,0326588
0,21678
0,21348
0,02126
-0,0297
0,02257
-0,035666
0,01613
0,00267
-0,0027
-0,0339188
0,21895
0,21555
0,01556
-0,0313
0,0167
-0,0365261
0,01122
0,00225
-0,0022
-0,0349986
0,22079
0,21731
0,01074
-0,0328
0,01171
-0,0371953
0,00719
0,00182
-0,0018
-0,0358915
0,2223
0,21875
0,0068
-0,0341
0,00759
-0,0376672
0,00405
0,00138
-0,0014
-0,0365919
0,22348
0,21987
0,00375
-0,0352
0,00435
-0,037937
0,0018
0,00093
-0,0009
-0,0370953
0,22432
0,22067
0,0016
-0,0362
0,002
-0,0380008
0,00045
0,00047
-0,0005
-0,0373987
0,22483
0,22115
0,00035
-0,0369
0,00055
-0,0378556
-0,0375
0,225
0,22131
-0,0375
-0,0375

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Graph : Comparison of ytup, ytlow, ymcl, yu and yl
In this term ytup and ytlow start from the same point and end with same point, ylow is the
reflection of ytup because of the equation of ylow is minus of ylow. Differ from ymcl, yu and yl.
They start from different point but end with same point.
FUTURE WORK
The NACA 3615 properties and function has been known, every equation in four digit NACA has
its own role. After this research, it is expected to make NACA 3615
REFRENCES
Wikipedia. (2014). NACA airfoil. Retrived from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACA_airfoil


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HW1AEE172

Tandy and Galih

Tandy Ari irawan

Prabowo Galih Mahanendra

1 Lecturer in Aeronautical Engineering Department,.Undergraduated Student in Aeronautical

Tandy and Galih

The NACA four-digit wing sections define the profile by:

= t 0.2 [0.2969 0.1260 ( ) 0.3516 ( ) + 0.248 ( ) 0.1015 ( ) ]

thickness at a given value of x (centerline to surface), and t is the maximum thickness as a

, of respectively the upper and

lower airfoil surface, become = + sin = +

and = cos where = arctan ( ) and = (1)2

RESULT AND DISCUSSION

1 Lecturer in Aeronautical Engineering Department,.Undergraduated Student in Aeronautical

Tandy and Galih

Table 1: From four digits NACA equation

1 Lecturer in Aeronautical Engineering Department,.Undergraduated Student in Aeronautical

Tandy and Galih

1 Lecturer in Aeronautical Engineering Department,.Undergraduated Student in Aeronautical

Tandy and Galih

Graph : Comparison of ytup, ytlow, ymcl, yu and yl

1 Lecturer in Aeronautical Engineering Department,.Undergraduated Student in Aeronautical

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