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Old 27th Feb 2011, 20:56
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What happens to the centre of pressure?

Hi all, im in a spot of bother here with a discussion point on a lab report.

What happens to the centre of pressure on a symmetric aerofoil before and after stall?

As far as I know, the centre of pressure is roughly at the 1/4 chord in normal flight and moves backwards with increasing angle of attack? what happens after the stall? does it go to the trailing edge? and how would i tell this by looking at a table of pressure coefficients for different points on a wing at varying angles of attack?

could someone please answer in simple to understand terms?
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