resultant wind
1Wind shear — Wind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Wind shear can be broken down into vertical and horizontal components, with… …
2Wind 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 …
3Wind triangle — The wind triangle is a graphical representation of the relationship between aircraft motion and wind. It is used extensively in dead reckoning navigation.The wind triangle is a vector diagram, with three vectors.*The air vector represents the… …
4resultant — Synonyms and related words: accidental, accompanying, ado, afloat, afoot, by product, circumstantial, consequence, consequent, consequential, corollary, current, derivation, derivational, derivative, development, distillate, doing, effect,… …
5resultant air velocity vector — the vector difference of the ambient wind velocity vector and the projection of the velocity vector of the vehicle on the x y plane …
6Vertical axis wind turbine — Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) are a type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft runs vertically. Among the advantages of this arrangement are that generators and gearboxes can be placed close to the ground, and that VAWT do not need to… …
7Darrieus wind turbine — Fig. 1: A Darrieus wind turbine once used to generate electricity on the Magdalen Islands The Darrieus wind turbine is a type of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) used to generate electricity from the energy carried in the wind. The turbine… …
8Shamal (wind) — A shamal is a summer northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states (including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), often strong during the day, but decreasing at night. [Golden Gate Weather Services. [http://ggweather.com/winds.html Names …
9in the wind — Synonyms and related words: about to be, accidental, accompanying, ado, afloat, afoot, against the wind, already in sight, approaching, at hand, brewing, by the wind, circumstantial, close, close at hand, coming, current, doing, eventuating,… …
10mean equivalent wind — The overall wind effect when wind velocity varies irregularly with height and the aircraft is required to spend varying intervals of time at these heights. In this case, the overall wind effect is calculated, and the resultant is known as the… …
