Chordwise camber geometry (curved panel)

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Piston Theory on Nastran has a set of parameters called Thickness Integrals, which is to account for foil thickness in an aerodynamic sense, but it must retain the chord rigidity assumption. For a panel, which has a chord-wise flexibility one element could not represent the behavior of the panel. Instead, if a set of elements is utilized it can achieve representation of the model and comply with the rigidity of the chord of the element at the same time.

Currently, only a flat panel (plate) is implemented, but in theory, we can in implement curved panels too.