Short List of References for Airfoil Aerodynamic Data

The list is by no means exhaustive.  It represents a cross-section of 
the available data mostly for the low Reynolds number airfoil regime.

Jim Sonnenmeier 10/22/94



(1)  Abbott, I.H., VonDoenhoff, A.E.,'Theory of Wing Sections (Summary of 
     Airfoil Data)' Dover, New York, 1959.

remark: also NACA Rpt 824. theory and profiles for NACA 4,5, and 6 digit 
series airfoils.


(2)  Althaus, D., 'ProfilePolaren Fur den Modellflug (Windkanalmessungen an 
     Profile im Kritischen Reynoldszahlbereich)', [Model airfoil polars
     (Wind tunnel measurements of airfoils at critical Reynolds numbers)],
     Institut Fur Aerodynamik u. Gasdynamik der Universitat Stuttgart.
     Neckar-Verlag, Postfach 1820, 7730 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, 1980.

Remark: Windtunnel data on many airfoils.  Wortman, Eppler, NACA, 
Gottingen, Clark Y etc... Re: 10000-1000000.


(3)  Althaus, D.,'ProfilePolaren Fur den Modellflug, Band 2 (Book 2)',
     Institut Fur Aerodynamik u. Gasdynamik der Universitat Stuttgart.
     Neckar-Verlag, Postfach 1820, 7730 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, 1985.

Remark: More windtunnel data. Some Eppler, Selig, Quabeck and many free 
flight airfoils, Bob White, Hofs ss Espada etc...


(4) Althaus, D., Wortmann, F.X.,'Stuttgarter Profilkatalog 1', F. Vieweg, 
    Braunschweig, 1981.

remark: Text in English and German.  Vol. 1 is a new ed. of a publication of 
the Institut fur Aerodynamik und Gasdynamik of Universitat Stuttgart first 
issued in 1972 in German. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: 1. Messergebnisse aus dem Laminarwindkanal des Instituts fur 
Aerodynamik und Gasdynamik der Universitat Stuttgart.


(5)  Bender, H-W, 'Airfoil Catalog', (on floppy disk), 1993.

     Hans-Walter Bender
     Erlenhof 3
     W-5309 (53340)
     Mekenheim, Germany

remark: an attempt to compile all of the 'important' airfoils ever published.
coordinates, thickness, and pitching moment data for over 2300 airfoils on 
computer disk. Available in the United States at an introductory price of 
$115 from,

     Mr. Herk Stokely
     1504 North Horseshoe Circle
     Virgina Beach, Virgina  23451


(6)  Bender, H-W, 'Modellflug-Profilesammlung, Model-Technik-Berater MTB 17', 
     Verlag fur Technik u. Handwerk, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1987.
     ISBN 3-88180-117-0

Remark: (Model airplane airfoil catalog) General catalog.  Provides 
coordinates for MANY airfoils.  Wortman, Pfenniger, Gottingen etc... 


(7)  'Comprehensive Guide to Airfoil Sections for Light Aircraft', Technical
     Reference Manual, Aviation Publications, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1982.
     ISBN 0-87994-038-7

remark: Many different airfoils from many different sources, wind tunnel 
data at moderate to high Reynolds numbers (~3x10**6)


(8)  Eppler, R.,'Airfoil design and data', Springer-Verlag, Berlin ; 
     New York, 1990.


(9)  Girshberger, R.'Some new airfoils for F3B', Soar Tech #3, 1984, 
     published by Herk Stokely, 1504 Horseshoe Circle, Virgina Beach, 
     VA 23451.

(10) 'HQ-Profile, Model-Technik-Berater MTB 7', Verlag fur Technik und 
     Handwerk, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1983. 

remark: Airfoils of Dr. Helmut Quabeck.


(11) Miley, S.J.,"A Catalog of Low Reynolds Number Airfoil Data for Wind 
     Turbine Applications". RFP-3387 VC-60, Rockwell International 
     Feb. 1982. Us Dept. of Energy, Wind Energy Technology Division,
     Federal Wind Energy Program.


(12) 'NACA-Profile, Model-Technik-Berater MTB 3', Verlag fur Technik und 
     Handwerk, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1990.
     ISBN 3-88180-103-0

remark: coordinates and calculated polars for about 30 NACA 4-series, 6-series
and GA(W)-1 and GA(W)-2. The booklet is laid out similar to the MTB 1/2, some 
(german) text, velocity distributions of all airfoils, drag polars and profile
plots in various sizes. 


(13) Selig, Michael,"The Design of Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers", Soar 
     Tech #3, 1984, published by Herk Stokely, 1504 Horseshoe Circle, 
     Virgina Beach, VA 23451.

Remark: first of the published Selig airfoils.

(14) Selig, M.S., Donovan, J.F., Fraser, D.B.,"Airfoils at Low Speeds 
     (Soar Tech Vol 8)", Herk Stokely, publisher, address above.

remark: The final results of the Selig/Donovan Princeton Wind Tunnel tests
of airfoils at low speeds.  Wind tunnel data on many different airfoils 
including all the new Selig-Donovan (SD) airfoils. A very complete volume.


(15) Simons, M.,'Model Aircraft Aerodynamics', 2nd. ed., Argus Books, 
     London England, 1987.
     ISBN 085-242-195-0

remark: 2nd. ed. contains aerodynamic data on many airfoils in the 
appendix.  Eppler, Selig, Wortman, NACA etc...  Available from Zenith 
Aviation Books.

(16) Thies, W.,'Eppler-Profile, Model-Technik-Berater MTB 1/2',
     Verlag fur Technik u. Handwerk, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1986.
     ISBN 3-88180-100-6

remark: Complete Low Reynolds number Eppler airfoils. single volume.

---------------------------( miscellaneous ) ------------------------------

(1)  Proceedings of the Conference on Low Reynolds Number Airfoil 
     Aerodynamics.  held at Notre Dame Univ., June 1985. Thomas Mueller ed.
     UNDAS-CP-77B123

     Dr. T. Mueller
     Dept. Aero and Mech. Eng.
     Univ. Notre Dame
     Notre Dame, IN 46556

remark: 1st. of 2 conferences held on the subject of low Re # airfoils.  
many papers by all of the experts in the field.  Eppler, Somers, Selig, 
Leibeck, Mueller, H.K. Cheng, Morkovin etc...


(2)  Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerodynamics at Low
     Reynolds Numbers. held at The Royal Aeronautical Society, London,
     Oct. 1986. published by the Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton 
     Place, London W1, England.

Remark: 2nd. of the international conference


(3)  Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Aerodynamics
     at Low Reynolds Numbers. Held at Notre Dame University, June 5-7,
     1989.  Avaiable from Springer Verlag as LCN54 Low Reynolds Number
     Aerodynamics, ed by Thomas Mueller. ISBN: 518843.
     (see below)

Low Reynolds number aerodynamics : proceedings of the conference, Notre Dame,
  Indiana, USA, 5-7 June 1989 / T.J. Mueller, editor. -- Berlin ; New York :
  Springer-Verlag, c1989.
  v, 446 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. -- (Lecture notes in engineering ; 54)
  "Papers presented at the Conference on Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics, held
June 4-7, 1989 at the University of Notre Dame"--Pref.
  Includes bibliographical references.


(4)  Lissaman, P.B.S.,"Low-Reynolds-Number Airfoils", Ann. Rev. Fluid 
     Mech., 15, p.223-239, 1983.


(5)  Pfenniger, W., Vemuru, C.S., Mangalam, S., Evangelista, R.,
     "Design of Low Reynolds Number Airfoils-II", AIAA 88-3764-CP.


(6)  Eppler, R., Somers, D.,"A Computer Program for the Design and Analysis
     of Low Speed Airfoils", NASA TM-80210, 1980.


(7)  Maughmer, M., Somers, D.,"Design and Experimental Results for a High 
     Altitude, Long Endurance Airfoil", AIAA J. Aircraft, 26, No.2,
     Feb. 1989.  (AIAA 87-2554).


(8)  Somers, D.,"Design and Experimental Results for a Natural-Laminar-Flow
     Airfoil for General Aviation Applications", NASA TP-1861, 1981.

(9)  Somers, D.,"Design and Experimental Results for a Flapped Natural-
     Laminar-Flow Airfoil for General Aviation Applications", NASA TP-1865,
     1981.

(10) Pope, A.,'Basic wing and airfoil theory', 1st ed. McGraw-Hill, 
      New York, 1951.

(11) Bauer, F., Garabedian, P., David Korn, D.,'Supercritical wing 
     sections III', Springer-Verlag, Berlin ; New York : 1977.
     (Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems; 150)

remark: Two earlier books: [1] A theory of supercritical wing sections, 
by F. Bauer, P. Garabedian, and D. Korn; [2] Supercritical wing theory, 
by F. Bauer et al.