Optimal lifting surfaces, including end plates, ground effect & thickness / David William Fin Standingford.

Bibliography: leaves 164-172.xii, 172 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.The task of calculating the aerodynamic load distribution on a thin three-dimensional lifting surface or wing of finite aspect ratio at small angle of attack presents difficulties for most numerical methods. The two-dimensional lifting-surface integral equation that must be solved is highly singular, and does not possess analytic solutions, even for simple plan-form geometries such as rectangles or ellipses.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, 199