airplane aerodynamics
71MARTINOT-LAGARDE — FRANCE (see also List of Individuals) 29.10.1903 Versailles/F 12.11.1986 Paris/F From 1929, André Martinot Lagarde was head of the Laboratory of Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Lille IMFL then directed by Joseph Kampé de Fériet (1893 1982).… …
72John D. Anderson — Infobox scientist name = Dr. John Anderson image size = 150px birth date = October 1, 1937 birth place = nationality = United States field = Engineering work institutions = Smithsonian Institution alma mater = University of Florida Ohio State… …
73Hybrid vehicle — For other types of hybrid transportation, see Hybrid vehicle (disambiguation). Hybrid technology redirects here. For the company formerly known as Hybrid Technologies, see Li ion Motors. Honda Insight hybrid …
74History of the Swiss Air Force — The history of the Swiss Air Force began in 1914 with the establishment of an ad hoc force consisting of a handful of men in outdated and largely civilian aircraft. It was only in the 1930s that an effective air force was established at great… …
75bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …
76Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
77Magnus effect — The Magnus effect, demonstrated on a ball. v represents the wind velocity, the arrow F the resulting force towards the side of lower pressure. The Magnus effect is the phenomenon whereby a spinning object flying in a fluid creates a whirlpool of… …
78Gurney flap — The Gurney Flap (or wickerbill) is a small flat tab projecting from the trailing edge of a wing. Typically it is set at a right angle to the pressure side surface of the airfoil,cite journal author = Van Dam, C.P. coauthors = Yen, D.T.; Vijgen, P …
79Pitching moment — In aerodynamics, the pitching moment on an airfoil is the moment produced by the aerodynamic force on the airfoil if that aerodynamic force is considered to be applied, not at the center of pressure, but at the aerodynamic center of the airfoil.… …
80Aerodynamisch — Aerodynamik (von altgriechisch ἀήρ, Luft und δύναµις, Kraft) ist Teil der Fluiddynamik und beschreibt das Verhalten von Körpern in kompressiblen Fluiden (zum Beispiel Luft). Die Aerodynamik beschreibt die Kräfte, die es beispielsweise Flugzeugen… …
