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Exact bounds for lift-to-drag ratios of profiles in the Helmholtz–Kirchhoff flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2014

D. V. MAKLAKOV  and
I. R. KAYUMOV
D. V. MAKLAKOV
Affiliation:
Lobachevsky Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Kazan Federal (Volga Region) University, Kremlyovskaya, 35, Kazan 420008, Russia email: [email protected], [email protected]
I. R. KAYUMOV
Affiliation:
Lobachevsky Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Kazan Federal (Volga Region) University, Kremlyovskaya, 35, Kazan 420008, Russia email: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

In this work we investigate limiting values of the lift and drag coefficients of profiles in the Helmholtz–Kirchhoff (infinite cavity) flow. The coefficients are based on the wetted arc length of profile surfaces. The problem is to find global minimum and maximum values of the drag coefficient CD under a given lift coefficient CL. We reduce the problem to a constrained problem of calculus of variations and solve it analytically. In so doing we do not only determine extremals but also strictly prove that these extremals realize global extrema. The proofs are based on non-trivial application of Jensen's inequality. The solution of the problem allows us to construct the domain of possible variations of coefficients CL and CD and define maximum and minimum values of the lift-to-drag ratios CL/CD for a given CL.

Keywords

Extremal problemIdeal fluidPotential flowsHelmholtz–Kirchhoff modelCavity flowsLift-to-drag ratio
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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 231 - 254
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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