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In a message dated 5/4/2006 9:50:10 A.M. Central Standard Time,
elippse@sbcglobal.net writes:
If you don't know the characteristics of the NACA curved-divergent
inlet for its proper design, I would advise you to instead use a
stagnation/pitot inlet, that is, one which projects out from the cowling
pointing forward and with a streamlined aft body. See Hoerner's "Fluid
Dynamic Drag" for some inlet shapes and their drag coefficients. You
might also want to look at the NACA parallel-wall submerged duct which has a
square outlet that is much easier to interface to a round duct. It also has
better pressure-recovery characteristics than the curved-divergent
inlet at duct velocities greater than half of the free-stream
velocity. Look at your oil-cooler's spec sheet from the manufacturer,
pick the cooling flow from the middle of the graph of heat-rejection vs
flow, size the inlet for that flow at cruise, then add 25% to the area.
Say the center of your spec sheet graph shows 300 cfm/ 5cfs, and your
cruise speed is 230 mph. Then your inlet area is 5 * 144 / (230 * 22/15)
= 2.13 square inches. Increase that by 25% to get 2.67 sq. in. 1 5/8 "
square, 2 5/16" X 1 3/16" rectangle or 1 7/8" diameter round, all with
nice, rounded lips. Then provide a diverging duct from that inlet
to the oil cooler to slow the flow and increase the pressure, and then a
converging duct from the cooler to the cowl outlet, pointed toward the rear,
with an outlet area of about 3-3.5 sq in to get the flow back up to freestream
velocity.
Paul,
My friend with a Lancair 360 and he uses a race car inlet for oil cooler
air on the side of his cowling - it is shaped like an angled rearward offset
funnel (yes, just a funnel). He also has to shut off the air during winter
since the cooling flow is too much. He does not need sophisticated exit
plenums - just submerged shark gill exits since his cooler is mounted on the
cowl itself. There are so many way to skin the cat - just ask mine......
Scott Krueger
AKA Grayhawk Lancair N92EX IO320 CS Prop Slow Build 1989, Flown 1996
Aurora, IL (KARR)
Eschew
Obfuscation!
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