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- From: andyh@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Andrew J. Huang)
- Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
- Subject: Re: PHYSICS OF FINS
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.203009.5434@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 20:30:09 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.170600.17284@newssun.med.miami.edu> <56130009@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>
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- In article <56130009@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> ohdav@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (David OH) writes:
- >
- >On the same theme, there must be some simulation software around that allows
- >lift from foils to be modelled....I tested 12 fins over the last three months!
- >Sheesh, wish there was an easier way........especially since the fins ranged
- >from garbage (Mistral) to excellent.
- >
- >Sukhdev "i just wanna sail" Singh
- >sukhdev@hpss2.sgp.hp.com
-
- There's a lot of work in computational fluid dynamics (I'm not
- familiar with it though) that should be able to predict stable flow in
- a single media (air or water), even with turbulence. At the interface
- between air and water you have to include the effects of waves and
- general surface turbulence to before an accurate prediction can be
- made. You're also looking for more than just lift and drag, you
- really want to watch breakaway, interference from the board's bottom
- shape, etc. It adds up to a computation that is currently too complex
- to fully compute.
-
- RaceTech (?) fins were designed using predictions from a NASA profile
- analysis program. The predictions were solely for the fin in clean
- flow. The fins were moderately successful (they went upwind well),
- but they didn't take the market by storm; True Ames and Tuttle were
- still preferred. I think they didn't handle well. Has anybody used
- these?
-
- -andy
-