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Apr 20, 2017 at 9:25	comment	added	Vladimir F Героям слава		So the answer is actually no, it does not. Or it does not have to. Unless you introduce the circulation by some additional means and then it can have any lift dpending on the amount of circulation introduced. Yes, "no viscosity" is an artificial thing, but so is irotational potential flow. As clearly demonstrated by the superfluids which are no less real than normal fluids. When you introduce the Kutta condition, you are solving a specific problem and refuting all other perfectly valid solutions of the original mathematical problem.
Apr 25, 2013 at 9:43	comment	added	Christoph B.		It should be stated that this answer is correct concerning 3D flows. 2D inviscid flows do develop lift, that's why one can study airfoils in 2D potential flows.
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Dec 6, 2012 at 22:40	comment	added	b_jonas		Nice! So that's the answer to xkcd.com/803 (Airfoil).
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