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Keywords: Chord length definition (en).svg chord length on an airfoil The chord spans from the leading edge surface point of minimum radius<ref> cite book Aerodynamics for Engineering Students Houghton E L ; Carpenter P W 5 2003 Butterworth Heinmann 0-7506-5111-3 p 18</ref> to the trailing edge The chord length is the length of that segment rather than that of the airfoil itself The airfoil represented here displays very high relative thickness and camber; it is used in turbine blades that operate at angles of attack exceeding 90° thumb Different definitions for the thickness Note that the thickness can be defined in several ways see File Airfoil thickness definition svg The so-called American convention is used here references 2011-11-27 own created with Inkscape Olivier Cleynen Other versions/Chord length definition cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Diagrams of airfoil geometry Aeronautical vocabulary Aerodynamics diagrams
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