3.1.22 · D1 · Physics › Compressible Flow & Aerodynamics › Finite wing theory — induced drag, Prandtl's lifting line
Ek real wing ke ends hote hain, aur un ends par air high-pressure wali neeche se low-pressure wali upar ki taraf leak karti hai, wing ke peeche spinning tubes of air trail karti hai. Yeh trailing spins us hawa ko thoda neeche tilt kar deti hain jo wing feel karta hai, jisse lift thodi peeche tilt ho jaati hai — aur yeh peeche wali tilt ek bilkul naye tarah ka drag hai jo zero friction par bhi exist karta hai .
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Koi bhi physics se pehle, humein un shapes ke liye words chahiye jinke baare mein hum baat kar rahe hain.
Figure padho: teal outline wing hai jo upar se dekhi gayi hai. Neeche wala orange double-arrow span b hai (tip se tip tak). Beech mein plum double-arrow chord c ( y ) hai (aage se peeche). Upar wala black arrow ruler y hai, jisme beech mein y = 0 ka tick hai aur do tips y = ± b /2 label ki gayi hain. Shaded teal region area S hai — woh shadow jo tum seedha neeche dekh kar dekhoge.
Definition Teen shape numbers
Span b — tip-to-tip distance, seedha across measure kiya gaya (lambi direction). Ek chidiya ka wingspan socho: ungliyon ki tip se tip tak.
Chord c — wing ki aage-se-peeche ki width, leading edge (aage) se trailing edge (peeche) tak. Wing ka har spanwise position par alag chord ho sakta hai, isliye hum c ( y ) likhte hain: "location y par chord."
Planform area S — wing ke shadow ka area agar tum seedha upar se light maaro (flat top ko dekhte hue). Rectangle ke liye, S = b × c .
Intuition Kyun hum span ke saath-saath direction ki parwah karte hain
Ek finite wing ke baare mein sab kuch interesting isliye hota hai kyunki beech se tip tak jaate time cheezein change hoti hain . Isliye humein ek coordinate chahiye jo span ke saath chalti ho. Woh coordinate y hai (figure mein black arrow).
Definition Spanwise coordinate
y
y ek ruler hai jo span ke saath wing ke beech mein zero pe rakh di gayi hai. Left tip y = − 2 b par hai, right tip y = + 2 b par. Toh y kabhi [ − 2 b , + 2 b ] ke bahar nahi jaati.
Jab hum "c ( y ) " likhte hain toh matlab hai: span ke saath position y par khade ho, aur wahan chord measure karo.
A R = S b 2
Shabdon mein: span ka square, planform area se divide kiya. Yeh ek akela number hai jo batata hai ki wing kitna "lamba aur patla" hai.
Squared kyun? Ek rectangle dekho jahan S = b c :
A R = b c b 2 = c b ,
jo literally span ÷ chord hai — span mein kitne chord-widths fit hote hain. Ek glider wing (bahut lamba, bahut patla) ka bada A R hota hai (say 20). Ek fighter delta wing (chhota, mota) ka chhota A R hota hai (say 2).
Common mistake "Aspect ratio bas wing ka area hai."
Kyun sahi lagta hai: dono "wing kitna bada hai" yeh describe karte hain. Fix: A R span ko area se compare karta hai. Do wings ka same area ho sakta hai lekin wildly alag A R — ek lamba patla aur ek chhota mota. Jaise hum dekhenge, lamba patla wala far less energy waste karta hai.
Aspect ratio is poore topic ka star hai, isliye ise jaldi meet karo. Full treatment: Aspect ratio & wing design .
Definition Freestream velocity
V ∞
V ∞ (kaho "vee-infinity") wing ke kaafi aage ki undisturbed hawa ki speed hai — equivalently, wing still air mein kitni fast fly karta hai. Chhota ∞ ("infinity") matlab hai door measure kiya gaya , jahan wing ne abhi kuch disturb nahi kiya.
ρ ∞
ρ (Greek letter "rho") density hai — har cubic metre mein kitne kilograms air hai. ∞ phir se matlab hai "door wali value." Bhaari air (zyada ρ ) wing par zyada push karti hai.
Intuition Kyun yeh do har lift/drag formula mein rehte hain
Fluid se force hamesha scale karti hai kitna stuff throw kar rahe ho (ρ ) aur kitni fast throw kar rahe ho (V ) se. Har aerodynamic force jo hum likhenge woh ρ ∞ aur V ∞ se bani hogi — yeh poore subject ka fuel hain.
Yeh sabse important naya idea hai, isliye hum slowly jaate hain.
Figure padho: solid black blob wing ka cross-section hai, bread ki tarah kata hua. Teal arrows air ko upar fast aur neeche slow move karte dikhate hain — lift ki pehchaan. Dashed plum loop woh path hai jo tum "walk" karte ho poori taraf; us par orange arrowheads direction dikhate hain jisme tum loop ke saath air ka push add karte ho. Woh grand total circulation Γ hai.
Intuition "Circulation" kya capture karne ki koshish kar raha hai
Ek lifting wing hawa ko moda deta hai: upar fast, neeche slow. Agar tum wing ke cross-section ke around ek bada loop walk karo (figure mein dashed plum loop) aur add karo ki hawa tumhe tumhare path ke saath kitna push karti hai, toh tum ek non-zero total paoge — hawa, overall, wing ke around chakkar laga rahi hai. Circulation woh total hai, ek akele number mein pack ki gayi.
Γ
Γ (capital Greek "gamma") wing ke around air ki net "swirl" measure karta hai. Bada Γ = strong swirl = strong lift. Iske units (speed × length), metres²/second hain.
Kyunki wing alag-alag spanwise stations par alag lift karta hai, swirl bhi span ke saath change hoti hai. Isliye hum Γ ( y ) likhte hain: "spanwise station y par circulation." Bilkul tips par wing koi load nahi uthata, isliye
Γ ( − 2 b ) = Γ ( + 2 b ) = 0.
Mnemonic Circulation wing ka "spin account" hai
Jitni zyada swirl bank mein, utni zyada lift withdraw. Topic mein baad ka sab kuch actually Γ ( y ) ki shape ke baare mein hai.
Trailing vortices ki baat karne se pehle humein ek piece of calculus notation chahiye. Hum ise yahan introduce karte hain, plain words mein, use karne se pehle.
Intuition "Rate of change" ki zaroorat kyun hai
Finite wing ki poori kahani span ke saath change ke baare mein hai: Γ beech mein badi hoti hai aur tips par zero tak shrink hoti hai. Drag cause karne wale vortices precisely itni quickly Γ shrink hone se aate hain. Isliye humein ek aisa symbol chahiye jo jawaab de: "agar main span ke saath ek tiny step d η leta hun, toh Γ kitni change hoti hai?"
d η d Γ (ek slope)
Do nearby spanwise stations lo jo tiny distance d η apart hain. Circulation unke beech tiny amount d Γ change hoti hai. Ratio
d η d Γ = tiny step along span tiny change in Γ
Γ -versus-position graph ka slope hai — literally "rise over run." Yeh bada (size mein) hota hai jahan Γ steeply drop karta hai aur near zero hota hai jahan Γ flat ho. Hum yahan η (Greek "eta") letter use karte hain apne span ruler ke liye; yeh y jaisa hi tarah ka ruler hai, bas alag naam diya hai kyunki thodi der mein hume ek saath do chahiye honge.
Intuition Picture se slope ka sign padhna
Wing ke right half mein Γ tip ki taraf fall kar raha hai, isliye d η d Γ wahan negative hai. Left half mein Γ tip se inward move karte time rise kar raha hai, isliye d η d Γ positive hai. Steepness (size) tips ke paas sabse zyada hai — exactly wahan tip vortices sabse strong hote hain.
Definition Ek vortex filament
Vortex filament concentrated spin ka ek idealized thin thread hai — ek tornado ke thin core ki picture banao, ya canoe paddle ki tip par wali chhoti curl ki. Hum wing ki swirl ko aisi threads ke roop mein model karte hain.
Definition Bound vs trailing vortices
Bound vortex woh spin thread hai jo wing par khud baitta hai (yeh wing ko "lift" karta hai). Iska strength exactly Γ ( y ) hai.
Trailing vortices woh threads hain jo wing se peel off hote hain aur wake mein peeche stream karte hain.
Intuition Trailing vortices kyun exist karne chahiye (Helmholtz)
Ek spin thread ko simply mid-air mein khatam hone ki permission nahi hai — spin ke paas jaane ki jagah nahi hai. Toh agar beech mein bound spin Γ ( y ) strong hai aur tips ke paas weak hai, toh spin mein farq kahin escape karna hoga: woh turn karke downstream trail karta hai. Yeh rule "vortex line fluid mein end nahi ho sakti" Helmholtz vortex theorems mein se ek hai.
Definition Kitna spin shed hota hai, aur minus sign kyun
η aur η + d η ke beech span ka ek thin strip socho. Strip mein enter karne wala bound spin Γ ( η ) hai; exit karte time Γ ( η + d η ) hai. Spin vanish nahi ho sakta, isliye bacha hua
Γ ( η ) − Γ ( η + d η ) = − d η d Γ d η
downstream trailing filament ke roop mein escape karna chahiye. Isliye per unit span shed strength − d η d Γ hai: minus sign simply yeh kehta hai ki jahan Γ baahir ki taraf decrease karta hai (d Γ/ d η < 0 ), shed strength positive hai, yani spin genuinely release ho raha hai. Yeh ek bookkeeping sign hai, koi naya physical effect nahi. Wing ke right half mein Γ fall karta hai, isliye − d Γ/ d η > 0 wahan; left half mein sign flip hota hai — do tip vortices opposite senses mein spin karte hain, exactly jaisa wake dikhata hai.
Figure padho: mota orange bar wing hai (bound vortex Γ ( y ) ), uske upar dotted black hump sketch karta hai ki Γ beech mein sabse bada aur tips par zero hai. Do teal lines neeche-aur-peeche stream karti hain — woh trailing tip vortices hain, chhoti curls dikhati hain ki woh opposite directions mein spin karti hain. Unke beech, plum arrows seedhe neeche point karte hain — woh downwash w hai jo wing par hawa ko seedhe neeche push karta hai.
w
w ( y ) woh extra downward air velocity hai jo wing par un saari trailing spin threads se create hoti hai. Trailing vortices, spin karte hue, unke beech hawa ko neeche drag karte hain — wing par feel ki gayi woh downward speed w hai.
Intuition Kyun ek vortex door se hawa ko neeche push karta hai
Ek spinning thread nearby air ko apne saath drag karta hai. Wing ke ek taraf wali hawa neeche nudge hoti hai. Us nudge ki strength distance ke saath fall hoti hai — station η par ek thread point y ko utna kam nudge karta hai jitna zyada door woh hain, yani y − η 1 ke proportional. Yahan η us vortex ki location hai jo push kar raha hai, jabki y us location ko name karta hai jo push ho rahi hai. Exact rule ki ek spin thread door ki hawa ko kitna nudge karta hai woh Biot–Savart law hai.
Common mistake "Integrand
η = y par blow up karta hai — formula broken hai."
Kyun sahi lagta hai: η = y par denominator y − η zero hai, isliye 1/ ( y − η ) infinite hai. Fix: yeh ek jaani-pehchani, tame tarah ki infinity hai. η = y ke bilkul left wala piece + ∞ hai aur bilkul right wala − ∞ hai, aur woh controlled tarike se cancel hote hain. Integral ko Cauchy principal value ke roop mein padha jaata hai — tum η = y ke around ek tiny symmetric gap shrink karte ho aur use close hone dete ho, aur do blow-ups finite answer dene ke liye annihilate ho jaate hain. Isliye downwash perfectly finite hai; singularity sirf intermediate notation mein hai.
Figure padho: horizontal teal arrow freestream V ∞ hai. Chhota plum arrow neeche point karta hai downwash w hai. Inhe tip-to-tail add karo aur tumhe woh tilted resultant milta hai jo wing actually feel karta hai — orange arrow. Horizontal flow aur is tilted flow ke beech ka chhota angle induced angle α i hai; figure dikhata hai yeh chhota hai kyunki w , V ∞ ke next tiny hai.
Angle of attack wing ka the control knob hai, isliye hum charon flavours sort out karte hain.
Definition Geometric angle of attack
α
α ("alpha") wing ki apni chord line aur door ki airflow V ∞ ke beech ka angle hai — literally, "wing wind mein kitni tilt hai?"
Definition Zero-lift angle
α L = 0
Kyunki wing usually cambered (curved) hoti hai, woh thodi si tilt par bhi zero lift bana sakti hai. α L = 0 woh tilt hai jis par lift exactly zero hai. Lift is value se upar kitna ho iske par depend karta hai.
α i
Downwash w local airflow ko neeche tilt karta hai. Woh tilt angle hai
α i ( y ) = tan − 1 V ∞ w ( y ) ≈ V ∞ w ( y ) .
Yahan tan − 1 ("arctangent") jawaab deta hai "is slope wala angle kaun sa hai?" — slope downward speed w ko forward speed V ∞ se divide kiya. Kyunki w , V ∞ ke next tiny hai, angle chhota hai, aur radians mein ek chhote angle ke liye tan − 1 ( x ) ≈ x , jo clean w / V ∞ deta hai.
Definition Effective angle of attack
α eff
Woh angle jo wing actually feel karta hai, downwash ke flow tilt karne ke baad:
α eff = α − α i .
Wing sochta hai ki woh geometrically jितना tilt mein hai usse kam tilt par hai — downwash ne kuch incidence "chura" li.
Intuition Yeh EK subtraction hi poora plot hai
Wing α eff ke saath kaam karta hai, α ke saath nahi. Isliye woh 2D airfoil se kam lift banata hai, aur iska lift vector α i se peeche tilt hota hai — induced drag produce karta hai. Parent note ka har result α eff = α − α i se flow karta hai.
Definition Forces ko dimensionless banana
Alag sizes aur speeds ke wings compare karne ke liye, hum "fuel" 2 1 ρ ∞ V ∞ 2 (jise dynamic pressure kehte hain) aur ek reference area se divide kar dete hain. Jo bachta hai woh ek pure number hai: ek coefficient .
y ko angle θ se kyun replace karein
Circulation dono tips par vanish karni chahiye. Ek family of shapes hai jo automatically ends par vanish hoti hai: sine waves. Isliye hum span position ko ek angle θ se relabel karte hain via
y = − 2 b cos θ ,
jo θ ke 0 se π tak run karne par left tip (θ = 0 ) se right tip (θ = π ) tak sweep karta hai.
θ mein ek step y mein ek step kaise banta hai
Jab hum baad mein integrals "over y " se "over θ " change karenge, humein step sizes bhi convert karni hogi. Map y = − 2 b cos θ differentiate karne par milta hai
d θ d y = 2 b sin θ ⟹ d y = 2 b sin θ d θ .
Yeh conversion factor 2 b sin θ change of variables ka Jacobian hai — yeh step d θ ko matching step d y mein stretch ya squeeze karta hai. Notice karo yeh tips par zero hai (θ = 0 , π ) aur centre par sabse bada (θ = 2 π ), reflect karta hai ki tips ke paas θ mein ek bada swing sirf thoda sa span cover karta hai.
Definition Sine series, aur
2 b V ∞ kahan se aata hai
Hum circulation ko sine waves ka sum likhte hain:
Γ ( θ ) = 2 b V ∞ ∑ n = 1 ∞ A n sin ( n θ ) .
Har sin ( n θ ) ek fixed "building-block shape" hai; numbers A n kehte hain har block kitna mix karna hai . Front factor 2 b V ∞ kyun? Yeh ek deliberate normalization hai jo is liye choose kiya gaya taaki A n clean dimensionless numbers ban sakein. Units check karo: Γ ke units speed×length hain, aur b (length) times V ∞ (speed) already exactly woh units carry karta hai — isliye har A n ek pure number hai. 2 ka factor pure convenience hai: yeh baad ke lift result ko tidy C L = π A R A 1 mein collapse karta hai bina kisi stray constants ke. A 1 smooth single hump hai (beech mein sabse bada) — elliptic shape; zyada A n wigglier corrections hain, dono tips par zero.
A 1 hero hai, baaki baggage hain
A 1 lift banata hai; A 2 , A 3 , … sirf drag add karte hain. Isliye elliptic (pure-A 1 ) wing optimal hai — aur yeh directly Oswald efficiency factor se tie karta hai.
Aspect ratio AR = b squared over S
Freestream V-infinity and density rho
Derivative dGamma over dy
Trailing vortices from Helmholtz rule
Effective angle = alpha minus alpha-i
Thin airfoil lift slope 2 pi
Angle swap y equals minus b over 2 cos theta
Fourier sine series with A-n
Lift C-L and induced drag C-D-i
Right side cover karo; reveal karne se pehle har ek bata ne ki koshish karo.
b span kya measure karta hai, aur y = 0 kahan baitta hai?Tip-to-tip distance; y = 0 wing ke beech mein hai, tips ± b /2 par.
Aspect ratio likho aur batao words mein kya matlab hai. A R = b 2 / S = span mein kitne chord-widths fit hote hain; "lamba-aur-patla" ek number mein.
V ∞ aur ρ ∞ kya hain?Wing ke kaafi aage airspeed, aur door ki air density — har force formula ka "fuel."
Physically Γ ( y ) circulation kya represent karta hai? Station y par wing ke around air ki net swirl; bada Γ = zyada lift.
Lift per unit span ke liye Kutta–Joukowski state karo. L ′ ( y ) = ρ ∞ V ∞ Γ ( y ) .
Derivative d Γ/ d η kya measure karta hai? Γ ka slope vs span — circulation span ke saath tiny step per kitni fast change hoti hai.
Trailing vortices kyun exist karne chahiye, aur − d Γ/ d η mein minus sign kyun? Ek vortex thread fluid mein end nahi ho sakta (Helmholtz); minus sign shed strength ko positive banata hai jahan Γ baahri taraf fall karta hai.
Downwash integral mein 1/ ( 4 π ) kahan se aata hai? Ek trailing filament semi-infinite hai = ek infinite line ka half, isliye Γ/ ( 2 π r ) ka half Γ/ ( 4 π r ) deta hai.
η = y par singularity integral ko kyun nahi break karti?Ise Cauchy principal value ke roop mein padha jaata hai; dono taraf se ± ∞ cancel hokar finite answer dete hain.
Whole-wing lift coefficient C L likho. C L = L / ( 2 1 ρ ∞ V ∞ 2 S ) .
y = − 2 b cos θ ka Jacobian kya hai?d y = 2 b sin θ d θ — tips par zero, centre par sabse bada.
Γ series mein 2 b V ∞ factor kyun?Ek normalization jo dimensionless A n aur clean C L = π A R A 1 deta hai.
Kaun sa coefficient lift set karta hai, aur kaun se sirf drag add karte hain? A 1 lift set karta hai; A 2 , A 3 , … sirf induced drag add karte hain.
α i ≈ w / V ∞ kyun hai?α i = tan − 1 ( w / V ∞ ) aur chhote angles ke liye tan − 1 x ≈ x .