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PAN AIR: A computer program for predicting subsonic or supersonic linear potential flows about arbitrary configurations using a higher order panel method. Volume 4: Maintenance document (version 1.1)The Maintenance Document is a guide to the PAN AIR software system, a system which computes the subsonic or supersonic linear potential flow about a body of nearly arbitrary shape, using a higher order panel method. The document describes the over-all system and each program module of the system. Sufficient detail is given for program maintenance, updating and modification. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with programming and CDC (Control Data Corporation) computer systems. The PAN AIR system was written in FORTRAN 4 language except for a few COMPASS language subroutines which exist in the PAN AIR library. Structured programming techniques were used to provide code documentation and maintainability. The operating systems accommodated are NOS 1.2, NOS/BE and SCOPE 2.1.3 on the CDC 6600, 7600 and Cyber 175 computing systems. The system is comprised of a data management system, a program library, an execution control module and nine separate FORTRAN technical modules. Each module calculates part of the posed PAN AIR problem. The data base manager is used to communicate between modules and within modules. The technical modules must be run in a prescribed fashion for each PAN AIR problem. In order to ease the problem of supplying the many JCL cards required to execute the modules, a separate module called MEC (Module Execution Control) was created to automatically supply most of the JCL cards. In addition to the MEC generated JCL, there is an additional set of user supplied JCL cards to initiate the JCL sequence stored on the system.
Document ID
19840025317
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Baruah, P. K.
(Boeing Military Airplane Development Seattle, WA, United States)
Bussoletti, J. E.
(Boeing Military Airplane Development Seattle, WA, United States)
Chiang, D. T.
(Boeing Military Airplane Development Seattle, WA, United States)
Massena, W. A.
(Boeing Military Airplane Development Seattle, WA, United States)
Nelson, F. D.
(Boeing Military Airplane Development Seattle, WA, United States)
Furdon, D. J.
(Boeing Military Airplane Development Seattle, WA, United States)
Tsurusaki, K.
(Boeing Military Airplane Development Seattle, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publisher: NASA
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:3254
D180-24910-4
NASA-CR-3254
Accession Number
84N33388
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-9830
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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