15/02/23 10:59:32

@wind-energy @lecture

  • An airfoil, any shape designed to produce max. lift. Lift to drag ratio.
  • For a streamlined bdy flow is atached for the most part.
  • Need to increase weight and stiffness of blades, to reduce lift, have more drag force (which is what we derive power from?).
  • Airfoil produced with bio mimicking, looking at birds.
  • Coefficients of lift and drag, are a function of airfoil/angle of attack.
  • NACA classification is a way of classifying an airfoil, with certain dimensions that seem variable among airfoils.
  • You can build up the shape of the airfoil from the NACA digits.
  • For certain airfoils (cambered), there is lift even at zero angle of attack.