

InterviewSolution
Saved Bookmarks
1. |
Is starting vortex is essential to generate the lift on an airfoil?(a) True(b) FalseI got this question at a job interview.My enquiry is from Kelvin’s Circulation Theorem and the Starting Vortex topic in chapter Incompressible Flow over Airfoils of Aerodynamics |
Answer» CORRECT choice is (a) True The best explanation: The shedding of a starting vortex is essential to the generation of lift on an AIRFOIL according to the kelvin’s THEOREM. Kelvin’s theorem states that after airfoil starts moving, the viscous forces and vorticity will be confined to the THIN BOUNDARY layer, a thin wake and the rolled-up core of the starting vortex. |
|