An airfoil section of a propeller for a propulsion device includes a pressure surface and a suction surface, the pressure surface and suction surface intersecting at a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil section has a meanline defined midway between the pressure surface and the suction surface and a meanline angle is defined as an angle between a tangent to the meanline and a centerline of the propeller. The blade has a meanline curvature defined as the slope of a meanline angle with respect to chord fraction along the meanline, and at least a portion of the meanline has a meanline curvature that increases from between approximately 0.1 chord fraction progressing toward the leading edge and at least a portion of the meanline has a meanline curvature that decreases from between approximately 0.1 chord fraction progressing toward the leading edge.


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    Title :

    Airfoils for use in rotary machines



    Publication date :

    2016-05-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / F01D Strömungsmaschinen [Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen], z.B. Dampfturbinen , NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES



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