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Old 20th November 2012 | 19:11
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packo1848
 
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Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here anyone, I've just done the same lesson, and I understand the stagnation point to be the point at which the air is brought to rest on the aerofoil. Therefore it would be total pressure i.e. Static (or ambient) + Dynamic, the reason being the Kinetic energy has to be transferred from the airflow to the aerofoil in order to bring it to rest.
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