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JAXAshby August 29th 04 12:12 AM

yes.

From: Matt Colie
Date: 8/28/2004 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Jax,

How much have you studied the response of sails?

By studied, I mean with real data from instruments calibrated to
accepted standards and in standardized conditons.

If not Bernoulli, Then perhaps you will explain to the readers how the
Kutta-Zhukovsky Theorem can explain everything without assistance of the
equations set out by Daniel Beroulli. Or, did you have something else
in mind?

Matt Colie (CV by request only)

JAXAshby wrote:
Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.



no, you won't. wings/sails do not have lift because of "Bernoulli" inspite

of
the fact you can read such in thousands of kiddie books.











JAXAshby August 29th 04 12:12 AM

spock, you be one gullible kiddie.

From: (spock)
Date: 8/28/2004 5:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

(JAXAshby) wrote in message
...
Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.


no, you won't. wings/sails do not have lift because of "Bernoulli" inspite

of
the fact you can read such in thousands of kiddie books.


Yes you will. Been there done that. Its fun and will definitely teach
you allot of how aerodynamics works in the real world. These simple
"Bernoulli experiments for kids" can show you exactly how a wing or
most any solid object can generate lift as a result of the Bernoulli
effect. You could write a book on what these experiments will teach
you.

In a feeble attempt to prove the misconception that an airplane wing
(while in normal flight) produces lift as a result of Bernoulli
effect, these kiddy and adult books give perfect examples of Bernoulli
effect lift. My favorite is the levitating ball. The large problem
with this is that a wing in flight is not partially influenced by a
stream of air that has reduces internal pressure as a result of its
increased velocity. A wing in flight is totally submerged in the
relative airflow that is influencing it and many times this relative
airflow has no velocity at all because the aircraft is flying in still
air.

So to generate Bernoulli effect lift from a wing simply direct a jet
of air over the top of it. If you want a wing in normal flight to
produce Bernoulli effect lift your are pretty much crap out of luck as
you apparently already know.









Matt Colie August 29th 04 02:08 AM

Jax,

This is so much like when I was a GA.
"Yes" is not a complete answer.

So...I Repeat
If not Bernoulli, Then perhaps you will explain to the readers how the
Kutta-Zhukovsky Theorem can explain everything without assistance of the
equations set out by Daniel Beroulli.

Or, did you have something else in mind?

Please elaborate, we are waiting Oh so patiently.
There are two DC's here wait to hear.

Matt Colie - See Prior Sig



JAXAshby wrote:
yes.


From: Matt Colie
Date: 8/28/2004 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Jax,

How much have you studied the response of sails?

By studied, I mean with real data from instruments calibrated to
accepted standards and in standardized conditons.

If not Bernoulli, Then perhaps you will explain to the readers how the
Kutta-Zhukovsky Theorem can explain everything without assistance of the
equations set out by Daniel Beroulli. Or, did you have something else
in mind?

Matt Colie (CV by request only)

JAXAshby wrote:

Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.


no, you won't. wings/sails do not have lift because of "Bernoulli" inspite


of

the fact you can read such in thousands of kiddie books.












AC August 29th 04 06:51 AM

Matt,

the secret is in the reading of the rest of his insightful replies to the
group. I know, not a pleasant thought - but essential.

The Bernoulli quote was from me, and the refutation "do not have lift
because of "Bernoulli" inspite of... blah, blah" says a lot more about him
than it does about physics. The earth doesn't have gravity because of
Newton, and dark matter isn't necessarily a figment of someone's
imagination, just because JAXAshby can't hold it in his hands.

Try not to feed the guy! Feel free to respond to the original post,
though...


"Matt Colie" wrote in message
...
Jax,

How much have you studied the response of sails?

By studied, I mean with real data from instruments calibrated to
accepted standards and in standardized conditons.

If not Bernoulli, Then perhaps you will explain to the readers how the
Kutta-Zhukovsky Theorem can explain everything without assistance of the
equations set out by Daniel Beroulli. Or, did you have something else
in mind?

Matt Colie (CV by request only)

JAXAshby wrote:
Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.



no, you won't. wings/sails do not have lift because of "Bernoulli"

inspite of
the fact you can read such in thousands of kiddie books.





AC August 29th 04 07:08 AM


"Jan-Olov Newborg" wrote in message
om...
"AC" wrote in message

...
The answer to your question, is yes. Sails are made from dacron for ease

of
handling & shortening, and cost. Many examples of rigid-wing vessels

exist,
I suggest doing a search on that. They often use fairings at the leading
edge, or movable trailing edges to fine tune the foil.

An aircraft can fly inverted, because its angle-of-attack changes to

suit
the correspondingly lower efficiency of the foil in this position. As

others
have noted, acrobatic craft often employ nearly symmetrical foils for

this
reason. A normally profiled foil will fly inverted, but inefficiently,

and
at a much lower VMG due to the increased drag from the higher angle of
attack.

The profile of the wing only handles the Drag, not Lift.

Angle of attack handles Lift (see the Cl/Alfa diagram)!



You didn't read the post properly. I'd suggest going back and doing so.

Nowhere did I say a wing's profile "handles" lift. What the #$@ is a Cl/Alfa
diagram? and where has anyone other than you referred to such?


Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.


Bernoulli experiments are all due to other physical effects like
boundary layer (asymmetric) separation, entrainment of air, Coanda
effect etc.


Since when is an experiment ever due to an effect? Maybe due to the effect
of higher funding by a benefactor... [I hope this is due to a language gap].

As a scientist, I usually like to credit my experiments to myself, rather
than some mis-quoted phenomenon that is dubiously applied to the situation.


The thought that " a change in air velocity will change the pressure"
is not real, only mathematic relations.


Jan-Olov Newborg




AC August 29th 04 07:47 AM

Thanks, spock.

It's good to see someone actually talking about something they've studied,
rather than "heard about"...

A voice of reason in an echoey kinda place...


"spock" wrote in message
om...
(JAXAshby) wrote in message

...
Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.


no, you won't. wings/sails do not have lift because of "Bernoulli"

inspite of
the fact you can read such in thousands of kiddie books.


Yes you will. Been there done that. Its fun and will definitely teach
you allot of how aerodynamics works in the real world. These simple
"Bernoulli experiments for kids" can show you exactly how a wing or
most any solid object can generate lift as a result of the Bernoulli
effect. You could write a book on what these experiments will teach
you.

In a feeble attempt to prove the misconception that an airplane wing
(while in normal flight) produces lift as a result of Bernoulli
effect, these kiddy and adult books give perfect examples of Bernoulli
effect lift. My favorite is the levitating ball. The large problem
with this is that a wing in flight is not partially influenced by a
stream of air that has reduces internal pressure as a result of its
increased velocity. A wing in flight is totally submerged in the
relative airflow that is influencing it and many times this relative
airflow has no velocity at all because the aircraft is flying in still
air.

So to generate Bernoulli effect lift from a wing simply direct a jet
of air over the top of it. If you want a wing in normal flight to
produce Bernoulli effect lift your are pretty much crap out of luck as
you apparently already know.




JAXAshby August 29th 04 12:41 PM

matt, give it up. beernoulli is not part of any theory of flight. none.
except in kiddies books. And kiddies books aren't used at the college level.

If you dont understand that, you don't understand even the first semester.
google to your hearts content is you want. add the words astrology and
tele-kenesis to your google and see how many hits you get.


Jax,

This is so much like when I was a GA.
"Yes" is not a complete answer.

So...I Repeat
If not Bernoulli, Then perhaps you will explain to the readers how the
Kutta-Zhukovsky Theorem can explain everything without assistance of the
equations set out by Daniel Beroulli.

Or, did you have something else in mind?

Please elaborate, we are waiting Oh so patiently.
There are two DC's here wait to hear.

Matt Colie - See Prior Sig



JAXAshby wrote:
yes.


From: Matt Colie
Date: 8/28/2004 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Jax,

How much have you studied the response of sails?

By studied, I mean with real data from instruments calibrated to
accepted standards and in standardized conditons.

If not Bernoulli, Then perhaps you will explain to the readers how the
Kutta-Zhukovsky Theorem can explain everything without assistance of the
equations set out by Daniel Beroulli. Or, did you have something else
in mind?

Matt Colie (CV by request only)

JAXAshby wrote:

Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.


no, you won't. wings/sails do not have lift because of "Bernoulli"

inspite

of

the fact you can read such in thousands of kiddie books.



















JAXAshby August 29th 04 12:43 PM

ac, you know nothing until you hear a 10 second sound bite on CNN or read a
Popular Mechanix article, then you know everything.

From: "AC"
Date: 8/29/2004 1:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Matt,

the secret is in the reading of the rest of his insightful replies to the
group. I know, not a pleasant thought - but essential.

The Bernoulli quote was from me, and the refutation "do not have lift
because of "Bernoulli" inspite of... blah, blah" says a lot more about him
than it does about physics. The earth doesn't have gravity because of
Newton, and dark matter isn't necessarily a figment of someone's
imagination, just because JAXAshby can't hold it in his hands.

Try not to feed the guy! Feel free to respond to the original post,
though...


"Matt Colie" wrote in message
...
Jax,

How much have you studied the response of sails?

By studied, I mean with real data from instruments calibrated to
accepted standards and in standardized conditons.

If not Bernoulli, Then perhaps you will explain to the readers how the
Kutta-Zhukovsky Theorem can explain everything without assistance of the
equations set out by Daniel Beroulli. Or, did you have something else
in mind?

Matt Colie (CV by request only)

JAXAshby wrote:
Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.


no, you won't. wings/sails do not have lift because of "Bernoulli"

inspite of
the fact you can read such in thousands of kiddie books.













JAXAshby August 29th 04 12:45 PM

ac, you are lost when you can't figure out how to google a new-to-you term. go
to your nearest university with an aero eng program and ask any frosh enrolled
in such a program.

From: "AC"
Date: 8/29/2004 2:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:


"Jan-Olov Newborg" wrote in message
. com...
"AC" wrote in message

...
The answer to your question, is yes. Sails are made from dacron for ease

of
handling & shortening, and cost. Many examples of rigid-wing vessels

exist,
I suggest doing a search on that. They often use fairings at the leading
edge, or movable trailing edges to fine tune the foil.

An aircraft can fly inverted, because its angle-of-attack changes to

suit
the correspondingly lower efficiency of the foil in this position. As

others
have noted, acrobatic craft often employ nearly symmetrical foils for

this
reason. A normally profiled foil will fly inverted, but inefficiently,

and
at a much lower VMG due to the increased drag from the higher angle of
attack.

The profile of the wing only handles the Drag, not Lift.

Angle of attack handles Lift (see the Cl/Alfa diagram)!



You didn't read the post properly. I'd suggest going back and doing so.

Nowhere did I say a wing's profile "handles" lift. What the #$@ is a Cl/Alfa
diagram? and where has anyone other than you referred to such?


Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.


Bernoulli experiments are all due to other physical effects like
boundary layer (asymmetric) separation, entrainment of air, Coanda
effect etc.


Since when is an experiment ever due to an effect? Maybe due to the effect
of higher funding by a benefactor... [I hope this is due to a language gap].

As a scientist, I usually like to credit my experiments to myself, rather
than some mis-quoted phenomenon that is dubiously applied to the situation.


The thought that " a change in air velocity will change the pressure"
is not real, only mathematic relations.


Jan-Olov Newborg












JAXAshby August 29th 04 12:47 PM

ac, you have never studied anything even remotely concerned with this
discussion. And no, a CNN sound bite does not qualify as "study". Neither does
reading a Popular Mechanix article.

From: "AC"
Date: 8/29/2004 2:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Thanks, spock.

It's good to see someone actually talking about something they've studied,
rather than "heard about"...

A voice of reason in an echoey kinda place...


"spock" wrote in message
. com...
(JAXAshby) wrote in message
...
Try some "Bernoulli experiments for kids",and you will reach a better
understanding.

no, you won't. wings/sails do not have lift because of "Bernoulli"

inspite of
the fact you can read such in thousands of kiddie books.


Yes you will. Been there done that. Its fun and will definitely teach
you allot of how aerodynamics works in the real world. These simple
"Bernoulli experiments for kids" can show you exactly how a wing or
most any solid object can generate lift as a result of the Bernoulli
effect. You could write a book on what these experiments will teach
you.

In a feeble attempt to prove the misconception that an airplane wing
(while in normal flight) produces lift as a result of Bernoulli
effect, these kiddy and adult books give perfect examples of Bernoulli
effect lift. My favorite is the levitating ball. The large problem
with this is that a wing in flight is not partially influenced by a
stream of air that has reduces internal pressure as a result of its
increased velocity. A wing in flight is totally submerged in the
relative airflow that is influencing it and many times this relative
airflow has no velocity at all because the aircraft is flying in still
air.

So to generate Bernoulli effect lift from a wing simply direct a jet
of air over the top of it. If you want a wing in normal flight to
produce Bernoulli effect lift your are pretty much crap out of luck as
you apparently already know.













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