B4.26
Show that the complex potential in the complex plane,
describes irrotational, inviscid flow past the rigid cylinder , placed in a uniform flow with circulation .
Show that the transformation
maps the circle in the plane onto the flat plate airfoil in the plane . Hence, write down an expression for the complex potential, , of uniform flow past the flat plate, with circulation . Indicate very briefly how the value of might be chosen to yield a physical solution.
Calculate the turning moment, , exerted on the flat plate by the flow.
(You are given that
where is the fluid density and the integral is to be completed around a contour enclosing the circle ).
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