We explain how wing shape (airfoil design), angle of attack, and airspeed combine to produce lift, using real-world examples and easy-to-understand physics. You’ll learn about Bernoulli’s ...

The advent of advanced computational tools, such as XFOIL solvers and Blade Element Momentum (BEM) theory-based software like QBlade, has opened new possibilities for improving the design and analysis ...

To compare the length of steam turbine last stage blades, in terms of the stresses in the blade roots and airfoils, as well as how challenging they are to design, one could scale them geometrically so ...

To simulate the effectiveness of each airfoil design, Zoch, Davenport and Wright used a fluid simulation software, ANSYS, which proved to be the most challenging part of their project. “While ANSYS is ...

One of the most important elements of an airplane’s ability to fly is the design of its wings. The airfoil shape – with a curved top and a flatter bottom – plays a critical role in ...

Optimize an airfoil based on its aerodynamic characteristics. Xoptfoil2 follows an approach to airfoil design that could be called 'design by polars' - in contrast to the classic design methods such ...