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From potential flow theory we know that the pressure distribution over an airfoil is the linear combination of lift due to angle of attack plus lift due to camber. …

So if you were to take a standard airfoil and increase the thickness, you’d increase the lift No, you don't. Lift is determined by camber and angle of attack. … New comment after the editing of the question: The airfoil you show is by no means a standard wing airfoil. It looks more at home in a gas turbine. …

Actually, Whitcomb's GA airfoils were based on experience gained with supercritical airfoils. They share the large leading edge radius and the strong rear loading with them. Other than that, suppressi …

Also, birds do not have to deal with trans- and supersonic effects which dictate the airfoil shape of almost all jet-powered airplanes. … This is achieved by reduced camber, and the result is a convex bottom surface: A symmetrical airfoil has no pitching moment variation within the linear range of angles of attack. …

An aerodynamic engineer would maybe strive for an elliptical circulation. But not an airplane engineer. In 1933 Ludwig Prandtl published "Über Tragflügel kleinsten induzierten Widerstandes" in the Zei …

It is not unreasonable to continue into the winglet with the wing tip airfoil. … This can both be done by cambering the winglet airfoil and by selecting the proper winglet incidence. …

But that does not mean that a symmetrical airfoil is the best choice for a maritime surveillance airplane. Far from it! … The wing of the P-8A is based on that of the Boeing 737-900, and you can be sure that the airfoil is the same. …

XFOIL gives you several options, however, the X and Y axes will always be angle of attack or a coefficient. You can, for example, choose a Reynolds number (Re) which is variable with lift coefficient, …

Given the low end of your very wide speed range, your airfoil should have very low thickness and high camber, similar to a bird wing's airfoil. … The S807 also mentioned is a root airfoil for the blade of a wind turbine and has its high thickness for structural reasons. …

Plot the airfoil on a piece of paper, glue that to a piece of cardboard and cut it out. The shear center is where the center of gravity of that cutout airfoil is when balanced horizontally on a pin. … to use more material in some corner (say, a torsion box forward of the spar), increase the thickness of the cardboard proportionally to the relative shear stiffness of the corresponding section of the airfoil …

Wikipedia calls it a bit more soberly a fully controlled, completely stalled parachutal descent mode which was made possible by the airfoil shape. …

Used as a root airfoil on the DfS 94 and 194 (aka Me 163 A). The root airfoil on the Me 163 B was 0.4% thinner, but otherwise very similar. …

Do not take the origin of an airfoil as a criterium for its selection. Judge it purely on its merits for the intended purpose. If a wind turbine airfoil gives you better L/D than any other, use it. … Thermalling: The airfoil should allow for a small sink speed at low flight speed. Low structural mass and a high lift coefficient are the most desirable traits here. …

While initial research focused on avoiding a shock completely at one specific operating point of the airfoil (Phase 1, in the 1960s), Phase 2 airfoils accepted weak shocks for the benefit of a wider angle …

Camber in the main wing airfoil means that the wing's center of pressure will move forward with increasing angle of attack (AoA). … Now it might seem that a large, negative c$_m$ causes more drag from the larger tail surface when you compare the same design with an uncambered wing airfoil, but camber will also allow the wing to reach …