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A free-streamline model of the two-dimensional sail

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

J. P. Dugan
J. P. Dugan
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University of Toronto
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Abstract

The two-dimensional sail is considered in a free-streamline model to complement the oft-considered airfoil model which is limited to small angles of attack. The shape of the sail, the lift and drag coefficients, and the moment are obtained for various angles of attack and states of tension.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , 9 July 1970 , pp. 433 - 446
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© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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