Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.6P
Consider an NACA 2412 airfoil (the meaning of the number designations for standard NACA airfoil shapes is discussed in Chapter 4). The following is a tabulation of the lift, drag, and moment coefficients about the quarter chord for this airfoil, as a function of angle of attack.
From this table, plot on graph paper the variation of
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