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    An airfoil is any cross-section of a wing cut parallel to the aircraft's xz plane, which typically has a thicker front section giving it a positive camber shape. The static pressure above and below an airfoil moving through air differs, with lower pressure above and higher below for a positively cambered airfoil, due to higher airspeed above and lower below the airfoil. As the angle of attack of the airfoil increases, the pressure difference between the upper and lower surfaces also increases.

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    An airfoil is any cross-section of a wing cut parallel to the aircraft's xz plane, which typically has a thicker front section giving it a positive camber shape. The static pressure above and below an airfoil moving through air differs, with lower pressure above and higher below for a positively cambered airfoil, due to higher airspeed above and lower below the airfoil. As the angle of attack of the airfoil increases, the pressure difference between the upper and lower surfaces also increases.

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    An airfoil is any cross-section of a wing cut parallel to the aircraft's xz plane, which typically has a thicker front section giving it a positive camber shape. The static pressure above and below an airfoil moving through air differs, with lower pressure above and higher below for a positively cambered airfoil, due to higher airspeed above and lower below the airfoil. As the angle of attack of the airfoil increases, the pressure difference between the upper and lower surfaces also increases.

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    5.4.2.

    General Features of an Airfoil Any section of the wing cut by a plane parallel to the aircraft xz plane is called an airfoil. It is usually looks like a positive cambered section that the thicker part is in front of the airfoil. An airfoil-shaped body moved through the air will vary the static pressure on the top surface and on the bottom surface of the airfoil. A typical airfoil section is shown in figure 5.5, where several geometric parameters are illustrated. If the mean camber line in a straight line, the airfoil is referred to as symmetric airfoil, otherwise it is called cambered airfoil. The camber of airfoil is usually positive. In a positive cambered airfoil, the upper surface static pressure in less than ambient pressure, while the lower surface static pressure is higher than ambient pressure. This is due higher airspeed at upper surface and lower speed at lower surface of the airfoil (see figure 5.6 and 5.7). As the airfoil angle of attack increases, the pressure difference between upper and lower surfaces will be higher (see Ref. 3).
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