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Two-dimensional impervious sails: experimental results compared with theory

Experiments have been made on quasi two-dimensional sails of small camber and at small incidence. Four excess-length ratios have been tested at a Reynolds number of 1.2 x 105. The results for lift, tension, centre of lift, maximum camber and its position, and leading- and trailing-edge membrane angles have been compared with existing inviscid theories and show poor agreement in general. This is attributed to leading- and trailing-edge flow separations as indicated by supplementary flow-visualization experiments. The optimum incidences in particular are much greater than the theoretical value of 0°. Luffing occurs at slightly negative incidences and appears to be a dynamic instability. The highest lift-to-drag ratio obtained was 16.5 on a membrane with an excess-length ratio of 0.03.

B. G. Newman | H. Low | Hong-Tong Low

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