(velocity profile)
1Velocity (comics) — Superherobox caption=Cover of Velocity issue #1 comic color=#8080ff character name=Velocity real name=Carin Taylor publisher=Image Comics debut=Cyberforce Volume 2 Issue 1 creators=Marc Silvestri alliance color=#ffc0c0 alliances=Cyberforce… …
2Windpower Profile — The change in the power available in the wind due to changes in the windspeed or velocity profile; the windpower profile is proportional to the cube of the wind speed profile …
3Critical ionization velocity — experiment onboard space shuttle Discovery (STS 39), releasing a plume of nitrous oxide gas. Full text Critical ionization velocity (CIV, also called Critical velocity, CV) is the relative v …
4Height-velocity diagram — The Height Velocity diagram or H/V curve is a graph charting the safe/unsafe flight profiles relevant to a specific helicopter. As operation outside the safe area of the chart can be fatal in the event of a power or transmission failure it is… …
5Log wind profile — The Log wind profile is a semi empirical relationship used to describe the vertical distribution of horizontal wind speeds above the ground within the atmospheric surface layer. The relationship is well described in the planetary boundary layer… …
6Singular isothermal sphere profile — The singular isothermal sphere (SIS) profile is the simplest parameterizationdn of the spatial distribution of matter in an astronomical system (e.g. galaxies, clusters of galaxies, etc.) [cite journal| first = C. | last = Keeton | year = 2002 |… …
7fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …
8Cheng Rotation Vane CRV — Cheng Rotation Vane The Cheng Rotation Vane CRV® consists of a set of stationary vanes in a cylindrical body which is placed immediately upstream of an elbow or tee in a piping system. It eliminates elbow induced turbulence which negatively… …
9Wind gradient — In common usage, wind gradient, more specifically wind speed gradientcite book | last = Hadlock | first = Charles | title = Mathematical Modeling in the Environment | publisher = Mathematical Association of America | location = Washington | year …
10Doppler effect — Change of wavelength caused by motion of the source. An animation illustrating how the Doppler effect causes a car engine or siren to soun …
