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NREL's S821 Airfoil (s821-nr)

NREL's S821 Airfoil - NREL HAWT airfoil S821 root 24.0% Dia=10 to 20 m Re=8.0E+5 Clmax(S)=1.40 Clmax(R)=1.35 Restrained max lift coef


Airfoil s821-nr
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(s821-nr) NREL's S821 Airfoil
NREL HAWT airfoil S821 root 24.0% Dia=10 to 20 m Re=8.0E+5 Clmax(S)=1.40 Clmax(R)=1.35 Restrained max lift coef
Max thickness 24.2% at 24.6% chord.
Max camber 2.6% at 77.6% chord
Source NWTC National WInd Technology Center
Source dat file
The dat file is in Selig format
NREL's S821 Airfoil
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1.000000   0.000000
0.996211   0.000979
0.985369   0.004273
0.968663   0.009953
0.947175   0.017397
0.921468   0.025654
0.891519   0.033883
0.857009   0.041987
0.818334   0.050225
0.776090   0.058556
0.730890   0.066851
0.683359   0.074932
0.634121   0.082589
0.583790   0.089594
0.532956   0.095710
0.482180   0.100704
0.431988   0.104359
0.382867   0.106477
0.335265   0.106891
0.289592   0.105457
0.246159   0.101964
0.204936   0.096534
0.166314   0.089543
0.130747   0.081197
0.098642   0.071677
0.070407   0.061141
0.046352   0.049758
0.026874   0.037691
0.012130   0.025117
0.004030   0.014909
0.002683   0.012510
0.002318   0.011776
0.001068   0.008667
0.000364   0.005418
0.000040   0.001941
0.000007  -0.000841
0.002499  -0.016695
0.008996  -0.034096
0.018943  -0.052456
0.031877  -0.070873
0.047652  -0.088744
0.065953  -0.105342
0.086614  -0.119982
0.109606  -0.131602
0.135542  -0.139985
0.164146  -0.144525
0.196445  -0.145040
0.232413  -0.142078
0.271925  -0.135855
0.314875  -0.126633
0.361129  -0.114780
0.410491  -0.100789
0.462665  -0.085271
0.517218  -0.068945
0.573551  -0.052597
0.630881  -0.037031
0.688228  -0.023015
0.744435  -0.011208
0.798205  -0.002094
0.848154   0.004073
0.892896   0.007306
0.931134   0.007903
0.961748   0.006400
0.983628   0.003499
0.996079   0.000922
1.000000   0.000000
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