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The paper reviews some of the main developments in piston theory applied to airfoils, highlighting differences in their formulation, and goes on to show how a general formulation encompasses the specific cases.

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Piston theory is very broadly applied, but is not applied consistently. The work aims to inform readers unfamiliar with the various cases labelled "piston theory" to aid in the interpretation of differences in formulation employed in the literature.

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This page is a summary of: Generalized Formulation and Review of Piston Theory for Airfoils, AIAA Journal, January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/1.j054090.
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