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How do you calculate Profile Drag?
second year aeronautical engineering student here. I'm doing some aerodynamics coursework but have run into a problem.
I've read through the answers to the question "what is profile drag?" but ...
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How to calculate the induced drag coefficient?
In an exercice of Flight mechanic, I have to compute the drag coefficient at zero lift: $C_{D0}$.We saw in class two ways to find it :
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C_{D0} = \frac{\pi AR e}{4E_{max}^2}
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With $AR$ the aspect ...
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How is the zero-lift drag coefficient calculated?
The drag coefficient is usually given as a funtion of the lift coefficient and the zero-lift drag coefficient ($c_{D0}$):
$c_D=c_{D0}+k\cdot c_L^2$
How can I calculate/estimate $c_{D0}$?
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How to calculate the Glide Ratio from Drag & Lift?
I know that $c_{d}=0.03 + 0.095c_{l}^2$.
What is the glide ratio?
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