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. 2017 Aug 29;12(8):e0183456. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183456

Table 2. Cl, Cd and L/D for clean airfoil and sinusoidal TLE airfoil with 0.025c and 0.25c.

Airfoil AoA Cl % decrease in lift Cd % increase in drag L/D % decrease in L/D ratio
Clean Airfoil 0 0.353 0.0177 20.00
Sinusoidal A 0.025c and W 0.25c 0 0.323 8.58 0.0190 7.53 17.7 15.0
Clean Airfoil 6 0.870 0.0341 25.51
Sinusoidal A 0.025c and W 0.25c 6 0.828 4.81 0.0329 -3.27 25.1 1.59
Clean Airfoil 12 1.19 0.818 14.6
Sinusoidal A 0.025c and W 0.25c 12 0.740 38.0 0.124 52.1 5.95 59.2
Clean Airfoil 18 0.799 0.232 3.44
Sinusoidal A 0.025c and W 0.25c 18 0.813 -1.65 0.247 6.46 3.28 4.52
(no improvement due to TLE)