Kutta-Joukowski theorem

English

Etymology

Named after Martin Wilhelm Kutta and Nikolai Zhukovsky (Joukowski), who developed its key ideas in the early 20th century.

Proper noun

the Kutta-Joukowski theorem

  1. (aerodynamics) A fundamental theorem used to calculate the lift of an airfoil and any two-dimensional bodies including circular cylinders translating in a uniform fluid at a constant speed large enough so that the flow seen in the body-fixed frame is steady and unseparated.
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