A Shortened Method for the Calculation of Aerofoil Profile Drag

1 February 1952

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Vol. 56 (494) , 109-116
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0368393100123727

Abstract

Summary: A rapid method is developed for estimating the profile drag of an aerofoil with a known transition point position. The results are in good agreement with previous calculations.

Keywords

SHORTENED METHOD
GOOD
AGREEMENT
TRANSITION
SUMMARY
PREVIOUS
CALCULATION OF AEROFOIL
DRAG