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The Computation of Aerodynamic Support

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2016

W. R. D. Shaw*
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Extract

The function of an aerofoil of circular arc camber is to impart motion in a circular path to a mass of air whose volume is determined by the product of span, chord, and mean sweep, the latter being a linear measure of the depth of the strata of air affected above and below the surface.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1918

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