The lift on an aerofoil in starting flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112083001986zbMath0524.76016MaRDI QIDQ3036931

J. Michael R. Graham

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

dragtrailing edgeimpulsive motionstarting flowinitial development of liftspiral shape of vortex sheet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10)

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Cites Work

• Diffraction of a weak shock with vortex generation
• The large-scale structure of unsteady self-similar rolled-up vortex sheets
• A numerical study of the roll-up of a finite vortex sheet