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by JumpCrisscross 496 days ago
> laminar/turbulent and attached/separated are independent descriptors

You’re right, I should have said when state changes.

L/T:A/S are theoretically independent, but not independent for a given airfoil. (High-lift airfoils, common in gliders and most airframes with flaps deployed, are turbulent boundary-layer airfoils.)