The Kutta-Joukowski

Theorem
FLOW ABOUT A CIRCULAR CYLINDER

STAGNATION POINT

Fig. 1 – Flow around a circular cylinder

FLOW ABOUT A CIRCULAR CYLINDER
FLOW ABOUT A CIRCULAR CYLINDER
LIFT DUE TO CIRCULATION
LIFT DUE TO CIRCULATION
By incompressible Bernoulli’s Equation
LIFT DUE TO CIRCULATION
By incompressible Bernoulli’s Equation
LIFT DUE TO CIRCULATION
PROBLEM SOLVING

1. A cylinder 30 in. in diameter rotates in an airstream of 70 mph. It develops 40 lb of lift per foot of
length, what is the rotational speed?

2. A cylinder 1.22 m in diameter and 3.5 m long is rotating at 100 rpm in an airstream of 18 m/s.
Determine the total lift of the cylinder at standard sea level conditions.