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768 XXV. Determination of profile drag c. Losses in thc flow through cilclcad~s 769<br />

Fig. 25.5. Increase in the coefficient of pro-<br />

file clrag plotted in terms of relative thick-<br />

ncas, as calculnted by Scholz [58]<br />

Totnl or proflla drag cl)tOt - CU form -1- CI<br />

metrical cases, applied to rough walls (equivalent sand roughness) as well. From<br />

a very large number of calculated examples on aerofoils (two-amensional case)<br />

and bodies of revolution, it proved possible to deduce relations to describe the influence<br />

of thickness on profile drag. 'Shese are shown plotted in Fig. 25.5. The<br />

difference Ac, = c, - c,, denotes the i~crcase in the coefficient of skin friction,<br />

related to the wetted surface, as against, its value for rr. flat plate at zero incitlcnce,<br />

c,. The curve for the two-dimcnsiorlal case agrees fairly well with the results<br />

shown plotted in Pig. 25.3 for the case of a fully turbulent boundary layer (z,/l = 0).<br />

In this conncxion the paper by P. S. Granville [lS] may also be consulted.<br />

These calculations give an indication about the effect of friction on lift. The<br />

displacement of the external streamlines caused by the bountlary layer modifies<br />

the pressure distribution on an acrofoil and causes the experimental value to become<br />

lower than that givcn by potential theory. This loss of lift was calculated by I

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