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The boundary layer properties depend only on the potential flow velocity distribution V(x) and the Reynolds number. Details will be described in Chapter 4. Boundary layer theory determines in many cases how V(x) must look in order to provide good boundary layer behavior. This fact has been a classical challenge for more than 40 years in developing inverse potential flow theories in which “the” velocity distribution V(x) is given and the airfoil shape is desired as a result. This inverse problem doesn’t look too difficult. It contains, however, several problems.
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Eppler, R. (1990). Potential Flow, Design Mode. In: Airfoil Design and Data. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02646-5_3
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