Xfoil Ncrit

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  1. Alvarogy
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    Alvarogy New Member

    Hi, I am new to boatdesign.net and to XFoil.

    I am using XFoil to calculate the lift to drag coefficients of a NACA 4412 for a DSS system on a 50 footer.
    I've read that the Ncrit to be used for this cases ranges between 3 to 5, but the problem is that I don't know how to change the Ncrit in XFoil, and the default one is 9.
    Anybody knows the command to do this?

    Thank you very much,
    Alvaro
     
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  4. tspeer
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    tspeer Senior Member

    Dolfiman has the commands correct. I would use even lower values of Ncrit, say 1<Ncrit<3. I also run cases with the boundary layer fully turbulent, by tripping the flow at 2.5% chord. This is done with the OPER->NPAR->X command. If you use a negative value (say, -0.025) transition will be referenced from the stagnation point rather than the leading edge.
     
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