aerodynamic forces
91Overflow (software) — This image depicts the flowfield around the Space Shuttle Launch Vehicle traveling at Mach 2.46 and at an altitude of 66,000 feet (20,000 m). The surface of the vehicle is colored by the pressure coefficient, and the gray contours represent the… …
92Mil Mi-42 — Mi 42 Role Assault / Transport Helicopter National origin USSR Manufacturer Mil Developed from Mil Mi 40 The Mil Mi 42 was a projected assault/transport helicopter featuring the NOTAR concept, fit to replace the Mi 40 program. The Mi 4 …
93suspension bridge — a bridge having a deck suspended from cables anchored at their extremities and usually raised on towers. [1815 25] * * * ▪ engineering bridge with overhead cables supporting its roadway. One of the oldest of engineering forms, suspension bridges …
94Venus — /vee neuhs/, n., pl. Venuses for 2. 1. an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty. 2. an exceptionally beautiful woman. 3. (sometimes l.c.) Archaeol. a statuette of… …
95feedback — i. The transmission of aerodynamic forces on control surfaces or rotor blades to cockpit controls as also the transmission of cockpit control forces to the aircraft control surfaces or rotor blades. ii. A process in an electrical circuit or… …
96Helicopter — Hel i*cop ter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. e lix, e likos, a spiral + ptero n a wing.] a heavier than air aircraft whose lift is provided by the aerodynamic forces on rotating blades rather than on fixed wings. Contrasted with {fixed wing aircraft}. [PJC] …
97unmanned aerial vehicle — A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. Ballistic …
98aeroelasticity — noun Date: 1935 distortion (as from bending) in a structure (as an airplane wing or a building) caused by aerodynamic forces • aeroelastic adjective …
99airborne — adjective Date: 1641 1. done or being in the air ; being off the ground: as a. carried through the air (as by an aircraft) b. supported especially by aerodynamic forces or propelled through the air by force c. transported or carried by the air <… …
100autorotation — noun Date: 1918 the turning of the rotor of an autogiro or a helicopter with the resulting lift caused solely by the aerodynamic forces induced by motion of the rotor along its flight path • autorotate intransitive verb …
