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Fourier's Theorem in Aerodynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2016

G. H. Bryan
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In “Practical Aerodynamics,” Major B. Baden–Powell quotes the following; formulae for the pressure of the air on a moving plane when expressed as a function of the angle of attack α, taking the pressure as unity when α=90°.

I. Duchemin

II. Rayleigh (hydrodynamical)

IIa. Gerlach

III. Renard

IV. Soreau

V. Eiffel, 1907,

VI. Another formula frequently quoted is

and a more complicated formula, depending on the aspect ratio of the plane, has been proposed by Soreau.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 20 , Issue 78 , June 1916 , pp. 30 - 49
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1916

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Note on paga 35 * x is taken to denote the independent variable in the integration formulæ while a denotes the angle of which the function is expanded.