A new look for old airfoils

Authors

  • Francisco Galvao The City College of the City University of New York

Keywords:

Aerodynamics, Design

Abstract

After the work already done by Wortmann and Eppler, very little was left untouched in the field of glider airfoil design by means of theoretical aerodynamic analysis.  However a semi-empirical approach to the problem may lead to airfoil families of interest to designers of aircraft operating at low Reynolds Numbers......

Author Biography

Francisco Galvao, The City College of the City University of New York

http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~hindman/sumvitae.pdf

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Published

2017-10-26

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