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Generalisation of the Condition for Waviness in the Pressure Distribution on a Cambered Plate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

E. Angus Boyd
E. Angus Boyd*
Affiliation:
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield
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Recently some data from tests done on a cambered plate have been published. The shape of metal plate aerofoil tested matched that taken up by a flexible two-dimensional sail. The most striking result in the rneasurements was the waviness present near the leading edge in the upper surface pressure distribution. To find the theoretical conditions under which such a waviness would occur a parabolic skeleton aerofoil was investigated, as this shape differed little from the actual aerofoil tested.

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 67 , Issue 632 , August 1963 , pp. 529 - 530
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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