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The Effect of the Boundary Layer on the Lift of Finite Wings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2016
Summary
The vorticity shed behind a finite wing has been studied and a condition found for steady circulation. This condition is then combined with three-dimensional boundary layer theory to find the lift of a finite wing. An example shows that on a thin ellipsoid of aspect ratio 6·37 the lift as found by the present method is 2 per cent lower than the lift obtained using a sectional boundary layer approach.
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