History of Aerodynamics

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The Incubation Phase

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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

- Separation of flow

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Edme Mariotte (1620-1684)

Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695)

Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727)

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- Velocity-Squared Law

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Henri Pitot (1695-1771)

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- Pitot Tube

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Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782)

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- Bernoulli Equation

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Benjamin Robins (1707-1751)

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- Drag depends on shape

- Magnus Effect in projectiles’ motion (rediscovered later)

- Transonic Drag Rise

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Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)

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- Euler equation

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Jean Le Rond D’Alembert (1717 – 1783)

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- No Drag Paradox

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Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827)

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- Laplace equation

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John Smeaton (1724-1792)

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- Smeaton coefficient

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Jean-Charles Borda (1733-1799)

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- First to recognize Newton’s mistake

- Aerodynamic Interference

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George Cayley (1773-1857)

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– Diagrams of Lift as a function of Angle of Attack

– Recognizes properties of cambered airfoils

– Corrects Smeaton Coefficient

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The Infancy of Aerodynamics

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