airfoil shapes
Airfoil shapes are streamlined, curved structures that are designed to generate lift and reduce drag when moving through air or other fluids, commonly used in the design of wings on aircraft, wind turbines, and other aerodynamic devices.
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- aerodynamics
- airflow patterns
- angle of attack
- boundary layer control
- computational fluid dynamics
- flow separation
- fluid dynamics
- high-lift devices
- leading-edge devices
- lift and drag
- stall behavior
- subsonic airfoil shapes
- supersonic airfoil shapes
- vortex shedding
- wind tunnel testing
- wing design
- wing geometry
- wing loading
- wing profiles
- wingtip devices