“Zero-thickness” designs of airfoils to minimize drag or maximize lift. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

“Zero-thickness” designs of airfoils to minimize drag or maximize lift.

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“Zero-thickness” designs of airfoils to minimize drag or maximize lift. Evolutionary algorithms have shown that designs which have the least drag have a strongly corrugated shape (top), while those which maximize lift have a large, smooth curvature with a dip at the trailing edge (bottom).

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