Howdy HazelNuts39
The scoop in the paper is oriented above the wing. For the area of the circle to repose above the wing plane, it would be flattened, and perhaps taller than one radius?
What is the descriptor for the area beneath?
The conclusion of the two authors...
"We have also shown that the pressure and velocity of the air over a real wing in flight are not related by Bernoulli’s equation."
Not only does airflow above the wing not create lift, it is detrimental to the work beneath it. It is after all, just additional mass to lift, with the aircraft....
It is the diminution of the airflow pressure above the wing that is a result of increase beneath. If the two are negatively related, how can both be positive?
Last edited by Lyman; 20th Oct 2012 at 16:44.