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NREL's S815 Airfoil (s815-nr)

NREL's S815 Airfoil - NREL HAWT airfoil S815 root 26.0% Dia=20 to 30 m Re=1.2E+6 Clmax(S)=1.46 Clmax(R)=1.40 High max lift coef


Airfoil s815-nr
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(s815-nr) NREL's S815 Airfoil
NREL HAWT airfoil S815 root 26.0% Dia=20 to 30 m Re=1.2E+6 Clmax(S)=1.46 Clmax(R)=1.40 High max lift coef
Max thickness 26.2% at 25.7% chord.
Max camber 2.9% at 77.9% chord
Source NWTC National WInd Technology Center
Source dat file
The dat file is in Selig format
NREL's S815 Airfoil
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1.000000   0.000000
0.996173   0.001133
0.985317   0.004881
0.968744   0.011230
0.947570   0.019426
0.922318   0.028413
0.892882   0.037295
0.858861   0.045992
0.820626   0.054798
0.778755   0.063696
0.733854   0.072589
0.686557   0.081333
0.637515   0.089752
0.587388   0.097641
0.536833   0.104767
0.486493   0.110878
0.436986   0.115700
0.388903   0.118923
0.342805   0.120166
0.299024   0.118640
0.256752   0.114308
0.216262   0.107924
0.178016   0.099823
0.142448   0.090268
0.109968   0.079497
0.080953   0.067752
0.055765   0.055278
0.034732   0.042339
0.018216   0.029212
0.006536   0.016218
0.001725   0.007768
0.000670   0.004717
0.000438   0.003825
0.000070   0.001733
0.000038  -0.001324
0.000429  -0.004570
0.001456  -0.009000
0.007838  -0.023840
0.018563  -0.039818
0.033214  -0.056411
0.051397  -0.073093
0.072764  -0.089487
0.096824  -0.105023
0.123271  -0.119221
0.151614  -0.131452
0.181610  -0.140977
0.213063  -0.147149
0.245908  -0.148514
0.282132  -0.145003
0.321561  -0.137586
0.364402  -0.126505
0.410645  -0.112506
0.460091  -0.096324
0.512409  -0.078791
0.567090  -0.060824
0.623409  -0.043386
0.680405  -0.027417
0.736890  -0.013751
0.791474  -0.003038
0.842638   0.004338
0.888816   0.008316
0.928515   0.009176
0.960420   0.007502
0.983194   0.004101
0.996007   0.001072
1.000000   0.000000
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