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336 Boundary layers, wakes and other shear layers<br />

Fig. 8.16 Stalled flow<br />

above an aer<strong>of</strong>oil.<br />

Fig. 8.17<br />

at a given Reynolds number – in terms <strong>of</strong> the respective dimensionless<br />

coefficients CL and CD. Each coefficient is defined as the corresponding force<br />

divided by the product <strong>of</strong> 1<br />

2ϱu2∞ and the plan area <strong>of</strong> the wing. (Note that<br />

they are plotted to different scales; CL is much larger than CD.) As we<br />

have mentioned, the angle <strong>of</strong> attack α is measured from some reference<br />

line in the aer<strong>of</strong>oil section, but, as this is chosen simply for geometrical<br />

convenience, the position α = 0 has, in general, no particular significance.

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