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considerable head resistance and are thereforegreat consumers of energy. For that reason, the leadingedge should be designed with the same criterions as thoseadopted in the design of turbine blades. Figs. 5 and 6show the phenomenon schematically. Due to inertia,the air deviated above the wing tends… … Fig. -Leading edge of good efficiency. their path downward so as to flow along the top curvatureof the wing. A dynamic equilibrium is thereby establishedbetween the negative pressure and the centrifugal force of
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