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The document defines key terms related to airfoils and their geometry. It describes how an airfoil works by creating higher pressure below the wing and lower pressure above it, generating lift. It also defines different types of drag an airfoil experiences, including induced drag from wingtip vortices and parasite drag from skin friction and form factors not related to lift. The boundary layer along the airfoil surface, where airflow velocity decreases towards the surface, is also explained.
- Author
- AmirAli Mohebbi
- Language
- EN