hopeless_dreamer
Well-Known Member
I have come to the realization that the explanations for how airfoils work given in most high school level books are somewhere between "useless" and "maliciously misleading". I have been going through a few books which talk about circulation and down wash and vortex shedding and am only now starting to develop a (somewhat) coherent understanding of how lift works. Here's my question:-
In what way are the lifting mechanisms of these airfoils different:-
I understand that all four of these cross sections will generate vortices that are shed downwards, but what is the qualitative difference between them?
In what way are the lifting mechanisms of these airfoils different:-
I understand that all four of these cross sections will generate vortices that are shed downwards, but what is the qualitative difference between them?
