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Inviscid, Unsteady Flows Past Airfoils

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In this chapter we will study 2-D unsteady incompressible flows such as flow past oscillating profiles or impulsively accelerated airfoils. The flow is assumed to be uniform and potential in the far field.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

    J. J. Chattot & M. M. Hafez

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Chattot, J.J., Hafez, M.M. (2015). Inviscid, Unsteady Flows Past Airfoils. In: Theoretical and Applied Aerodynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9825-9_5

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