Design effort undertaken to solve spinout problem plaguing high-performance sailboards. Proposed skeg section designed by use of computer model of pressure field and boundary layer. Prevents ventilation by maintaining attached boundary-layer flow throughout operating environment. Cavitation also avoided by preventing valleys in pressure distribution while skeg operated throughout its range.
Preventing Ventilation On Sailboard Skegs
NASA Tech Briefs ; 14 , 11
1990-11-01
Miscellaneous
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English
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