| Abstract: | The inverse problem of wing aerodynamics—the determination of the lifting surface shape from a specified load—is solved within
the framework of linear theory. Volterra's solution of the wave equation is used. Solutions are found in the class of bounded
functions if certain conditions imposed on the governing parameters of the problem are satisfied. Solutions of inverse problems
of supersonic flow are presented for an infinite-span wing, a triangular wing with completely subsonic edges, and a rectangular
wing.
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated
from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 86–91, May–June, 1998. |
