TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES iii 



LIST OF TABLES iv 



ABSTRACT 1 



NOTATION 1 



INTRODUCTION 2 



MATHEMATICAL MODEL - THICK LIFTING BLADE 3 



NUMERICAL ANALYSIS PROCEDURE 9 



COMPUTER CODE - CONVERGENCE AND RUN TIME 13 



DISCUSSION OF EXAMPLE COMPUTATIONS 14 



CONCLUDING REMARKS 20 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 20 



REFERENCES 20 



APPENDIX - STREAMLINE COORDINATE SYSTEM 21 



LIST OF FIGURES 



1 - Lifting-Surface Geometry 4 



2 - Load Distribution 13 



3 - Helical Velocity Component, v . _e /V 14 



4 - Effect of Skew and Rake on Pitch and Camber Values 17 



5 - Effect of Chordwise Load and Thickness on Pitch 



and Camber Values 1? 



6 - Effect of Orientation of Shed Vortex Sheet and 



Blade Reference Surface on Pitch and Camber 



Values 1? 



7 - Pressure Distribution at Design for Three Blades 17 



