Kutta–Joukowski theorem
Teorema de Kutta-Yukovski
- Date
- 1906 · confidence high
- Place
- Moscow, Russia
- Credited to
- Nikolay Zhukovsky y Martin Wilhelm Kutta
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
An aerodynamics theorem relating the lift per unit span of an airfoil to the circulation of the fluid's velocity field, formulated by Nikolai Zhukovsky in 1906 following earlier 1902 work by Martin Kutta.
What it led to
- Mathematical foundation for airfoil design
- Theoretical basis of modern aircraft aerodynamics
- Comparison with the Magnus effect for rotation-induced side forces
- A good practical approximation for real viscous flows in aerodynamics