PX285 - J8 - aerofoil

- in the reference frame of aerofoil
- assuming air is incompressible
- applying bernoulli's principle along the top streamline:
- and, along the bottom streamline:
- subtracting:
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this gives the lift if the
, ie: -
a common mistake is that since the top path is longer than the bottom path,
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this assumes that the arrival times must be the same, but they are not the same