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I feel rather close to Ludwig Prandtl and his scientific heritage, having been a student and later on a co-worker of Professor H. Schlichting, one of Prandtl’s most famous collaborators, and having worked in the field of Aerodynamics now for quite a time in Göttingen, where Prandtl lived and worked for almost 50 years.
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Abbreviations
- a:
-
velocity of sound
- A:
-
reference area of a wing element
- b:
-
span of a wing
- c l :
-
dimensionless lift coefficient
- c’:
-
gradient of the lift coefficient with respect to the angle of incidence
- D:
-
drag
- L:
-
Lift
- l :
-
local chord of a wing section
- M:
-
Mach number
- M∞ :
-
Mach number, far away from the body
- p:
-
pressure
- R:
-
Reynolds number
- dR:
-
resulting force for a wing element
- u, v:
-
velocity components in x-respectively y-direction
- V:
-
velocity, far away from the body
- wi :
-
induced downward velocity at the wing
- x, y:
-
Cartesian coordinates
- αe :
-
effective angle of incidence
- αg :
-
geometrical angle of incidence
- αi :
-
induced angle of incidence
- Γ:
-
circulation
- Φ:
-
potential function, defined by u=∂Φ/∂x, v = ∂Φ/ ∂y
- p:
-
density of the fluid
References
Prandtl, L.; Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur angewandten Mathematik, Hydro- und Aerodynamik. Springer-Verlag Berlin-Göttingen-Heidelberg, 3 Volumes (1961)
Prandtl, L.; Führer durch die Strömungslehre. Vieweg-Verlag Braunschweig 1942, 1st edition (1965, 6th ed.). English Translation: “Essentials of Fluid Dynamics”, London and Glasgow, 1952
Schlichting, H.; An Account of the Scientific Life of Ludwig Prandtl. Zeitschrift für Flugwissenschaften 23, H. 9 (1975), S. 297–316.
Goertler, H.; Ludwig Prandtl — Persönlichkeit und Wirken. Zeitschift für Flugwissenschaften 23, H. 5 (1975), S. 153–162.
Schichting, H.; Grenzschicht-Theorie. 1st edition Karlsruhe 1951 (5th ed. 1965); English translation “Boundary Layer Theory“ by J. Kestin; 6th ed. New York 1968
Schlichting, H.; Truckenbrodt, E.; Aerodynamik des Flugzeuges, Bd. 2. Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg/New York, 2. Auflage 1969
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Jacob, K. (2000). A Review of Ludwig Prandtl’s Scientific Life. In: Meier, G.E.A. (eds) Ludwig Prandtl, ein Führer in der Strömungslehre. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90498-0_2
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