Engineering · Aerospace Engineering
A topic within Aerospace Engineering, itself one of 14 topics in that field and part of Engineering.
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Ludwig Prandtl
Argues that viscous effects in a fast-moving fluid are confined to a thin boundary layer near the surface, so drag and separation can be analysed there while the outer flow is treated as inviscid.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Ira H. Abbott, Albert E. von Doenhoff & Louis S. Stivers Jr.
Compiles wind-tunnel-measured lift, drag, pitching-moment and pressure-distribution data across the whole family of NACA airfoil sections into one reference, so a designer can select a section from measured behaviour rather than testing a new one from scratch.