Zhukovsky airfoil

GPTKB entity

Statements (17)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf airfoil
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:describedBy conformal mapping
gptkbp:form gptkb:Joukowsky_transform
gptkbp:hasApplication aircraft wing design
propeller design
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zhukovsky airfoil
gptkbp:introducedIn early 20th century
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Nikolai_Zhukovsky
gptkbp:notableFor historical importance in aerodynamics
simple analytic description
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Kutta–Joukowski_theorem
gptkbp:shape teardrop-like
gptkbp:usedIn aerospace engineering
aerodynamics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nikolai_Zhukovsky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5