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Old   September 16, 2009, 03:55
Default Referece Area of 2D Airfoil
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Hi everybody,

can somebody tell me how the reference area is determined in OF 1.5? Until now I used the chordlength * mesh-extrusion in z direction. But I am not sure as my calculated Cd and Cl values are defnitely wrong.

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