Episode 45 Airfoils: Airplanes are cool, right?! - BIIRS Season 4 - a podcast by Anna and Henna

Airplanes are cool, right?! How much do you know about their wings? We're finally back from our winter break. Grab a warm beverage and hand out with us while we chat about airfoils!

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Henna’s Sources:
“Airfoil.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Jan. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil.

Anderson, John David. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. McGraw-Hill Education, 2017.

Darmofal, David. “Lecture Notes.” MIT OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-100-aerodynamics-fall-2005/lecture-notes/.

“Inclination Effects on Lift.” NASA, NASA, https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/incline.html.

Liebhaber, William. Airfoil Design, YouTube, 26 June 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fk2J5LtdSg.

Books Mentioned:
https://www.amazon.com/Hydrodynamics-Dover-Books-Physics-Horace/dp/0486602567

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Aerofoil-Airscrew-Cambridge-Classics/dp/052127494X

Anna’s Sources:

“Airfoil.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Jan. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil.

“Angle of Attack (AOA).” SKYbrary Aviation Safety, 6 Oct. 2021, skybrary.aero/articles/angle-attack-aoa.

“Compressible Flow.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Sept. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressible_flow#cite_note-J.D._Anderson_2007-1.

“Elements of the Wing Section Theory and of the Wing Theory - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS).” NASA, NASA, ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930091257.

“Hermann Glauert.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Jan. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Glauert.

“History of Flight.” NASA, NASA, www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/historyofflight.html.

History.com Editors. “World War I.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 29 Oct. 2009, www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history.

“Inviscid Flow.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 23 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inviscid_flow.

“Ludwig Prandtl.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Jan. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Prandtl.

“Otto Lilienthal.” Lemelson, lemelson.mit.edu/resources/otto-lilienthal.
“Prandtl Number.” Prandtl Number - an Overview | ScienceDirect Topics, www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/prandtl-number.

“The Wright Brothers: The First Successful Airplane.” The Wright Brothers | The First Successful Airplane, airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903/.

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