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✈️ Airfoil Flow Lab (2D): Streamlines, Surface Pressure and Lift Polar

2D companion of the Airfoil Flow Lab: potential-flow streamlines and a pressure map around a Joukowski wing, the surface pressure coefficient plot, force arrows and the lift/drag polar with stall, with the lift checked two independent ways.

Aerospace Engineering & Orbital Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

AirfoilJoukowski TransformLift and DragPressure CoefficientStall

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install