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In article <1993Jan8.013747.20024@trl.oz.au>, hall@trl.oz.au (Roger Hall) writes
:
>Greetings from down-under,
>
>I am an engineer working in communications/software engineering with
>a love of sailing. I have been teaching myself aerodynamics relevant to
>sailing for my own interest/hobby/pastime etc..
>
>Specifically, I'm interested in subsonic, finite wing, thin foil analysis
>in order to optimise my yacht performance subject to class constraints
>(this is a long term goal).
>
>Do the other texts in John Anderson's series cover detail on such aspects,
>particularly numerical techniques on finite wing panel/vortex lattice...
>methods for Navier-Stokes and/or Euler-Lagrange problems? Are there other
>methods I should consider?
>
>Are there any aero experts who wont be too bored by sub-sonic flow stuff
>to steer me in the right direction? Indeed, is there anyone who shares
>similar sailing theory interest and has already done all this?
>
>Then there's the hydrodynamics stuff.. Anyone know about wave-making drag
>on hulls!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>regards
>Roger.
>
Looks like you and I share interests, but are at about the same level of
competence so I can't be of much help to you.

I am currently mucking my way through Abbott and Denhoff "Theory of Wing
Sections"  recommended on this bulletin board, and Moran "Theoretical and
computational Aerodynamics" found in the library.
Useful books about sail and hull theory are Ross Garrett "The Symmetry of
Sailing" and Marchaj "Aerohydrodynamics of Sailing - 2nd ed". These are
pretty limited in theory, and Marchaj is poorly organized, leading me also to
look for better sources. Please share with me what you find.

Some time back when I first subscribed to this newsgroup there was a very
spirited and prolonged discussion about how wings generate lift, couched in
layman's terms. I wish I had saved this info....anyone have it?

Brent