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Supercritical air-foil profile

US4455003A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 1978
Grant dateJun 19, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 20, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64C2003/149
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The supercritical profile has an upper surface whose curvature has two minima, one in front of the mid-chord station, the other one rather close to the trailing edge and having a lower value than the first one. The curvature of the lower surface remains larger beyond the mid-chord station, changes sign and increases to a pronounced maximum not far from the second curvature minimum of the upper surface, and drops to zero at the trailing edge.

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