1111Compute the lift coefficient
1212```math
1313C_{L,p} \c oloneqq \f rac{\o int_{\p artial \O mega} p \b oldsymbol n \c dot \p si_L \, \m athrm{d} S}
14- {0.5 \r ho_{\i nfty} U_{\i nfty}^2 L_ {\i nfty}}
14+ {0.5 \r ho_{\i nfty} U_{\i nfty}^2 A_ {\i nfty}}
1515```
1616based on the pressure distribution along a boundary.
1717In 3D, the freestream-normal unit vector ``\p si_L`` is given by
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ and boundary information.
2929- `aoa::Real`: Angle of attack in radians (for airfoils etc.)
3030- `rho_inf::Real`: Free-stream density
3131- `u_inf::Real`: Free-stream velocity
32- - `a_inf::Real`: Reference area of geometry
32+ - `a_inf::Real`: Reference area of geometry (e.g. projected wing surface)
3333"""
3434function LiftCoefficientPressure3D (aoa, rho_inf, u_inf, a_inf)
3535 # `psi_lift` is the normal unit vector to the freestream direction.
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ function LiftCoefficientPressure3D(aoa, rho_inf, u_inf, a_inf)
4242end
4343
4444@doc raw """
45- DragCoefficientPressure3D(aoa, rho_inf, u_inf, l_inf )
45+ DragCoefficientPressure3D(aoa, rho_inf, u_inf, a_inf )
4646
4747Compute the drag coefficient
4848```math
4949C_{D,p} \c oloneqq \f rac{\o int_{\p artial \O mega} p \b oldsymbol n \c dot \p si_D \, \m athrm{d} S}
50- {0.5 \r ho_{\i nfty} U_{\i nfty}^2 L_ {\i nfty}}
50+ {0.5 \r ho_{\i nfty} U_{\i nfty}^2 A_ {\i nfty}}
5151```
5252based on the pressure distribution along a boundary.
5353In 3D, the freestream-tangent unit vector ``\p si_D`` is given by
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ and boundary information.
6565- `aoa::Real`: Angle of attack in radians (for airfoils etc.)
6666- `rho_inf::Real`: Free-stream density
6767- `u_inf::Real`: Free-stream velocity
68- - `l_inf ::Real`: Reference length of geometry (e.g. airfoil chord length )
68+ - `a_inf ::Real`: Reference area of geometry (e.g. projected wing surface )
6969"""
70- function DragCoefficientPressure3D (aoa, rho_inf, u_inf, l_inf )
70+ function DragCoefficientPressure3D (aoa, rho_inf, u_inf, a_inf )
7171 # `psi_drag` is the unit vector tangent to the freestream direction
7272 psi_drag = (cos (aoa), sin (aoa), zero (aoa))
73- return DragCoefficientPressure (ForceState (psi_drag, rho_inf, u_inf, l_inf ))
73+ return DragCoefficientPressure (ForceState (psi_drag, rho_inf, u_inf, a_inf ))
7474end
7575
7676# 3D version of the `analyze` function for `AnalysisSurfaceIntegral`, i.e.,
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