Help required in design of a fan

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The discussion focuses on designing a fan that pushes air downward with significant pressure. Participants clarify that a traditional airfoil design can be effective for this purpose, even when inverted. The key point is that the camber of the blades must be oriented upside down to achieve the desired airflow. There is consensus that airplane wing profiles can be adapted for fan blades to create downward thrust. Overall, the design approach emphasizes the versatility of wing profiles in fan applications.
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Hello,
I and my team are making a project in which we have to build a fan which ,when run , will push air down and with some considerable pressure. The Fan will be positioned horizontally. What should be the Blade Profile for such a fan ?? I do not think a lift wing blade profile could be useful because here the Fan has to push air down . ANY SUGGESTIONS ?
 
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okaakshay said:
I do not think a lift wing blade profile could be useful bcoz here the Fan has to push air down.
Wing profiles work just as well upside down.
 
So do you mean that I can design the Blades of the fan in a normal airfoil design that a plane wing has and that it will push air down with sum pressure when i attach it to a motor... ??
 
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okaakshay said:
So do u mean that I can design the Blades of the fan in a normal airfoil design that a plane wing has and that it will push air down with sum pressure when i attach it to a motor... ??

Certainly. Why would you think an airplane wing would only work right side up?

You realize that the camber has to be upside down though, right?
 
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