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41VETCHINKIN — RUSSIA (see also List of Individuals) 29.6.1888 Kutno/PL 6.3.1950 Moscow/RU Vladimir Petrovich Vetchinkin was born in today s Poland, formerly a province of Imperial Russia. He graduated in 1915 from Moscow Higher Technical School MVTU and was a… …
42Ground effect in aircraft — Aircraft may be affected by a number of ground effects, aerodynamic effects due to a flying body s proximity to the ground.One of the most important of these effects is the Wing In Ground effect, which refers to the reduction in drag experienced… …
43Galloping Gertie — This article is about the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which collapsed in 1940. For the article on the current bridge, see Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Infobox Bridge bridge name = Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie) caption = The first Tacoma… …
44Multidisciplinary design optimization — Multi disciplinary design optimization (MDO) is a field of engineering that uses optimization methods to solve design problems incorporating a number of disciplines. As defined by Prof. Carlo Poloni, MDO is the art of finding the best compromise …
45Oblique wing — on a NASA AD 1 An oblique wing (also called a slew wing) is a variable geometry wing concept. On an aircraft so equipped, the wing is designed to rotate on center pivot, so that one tip is swept forward while the opposite tip is swept aft. By… …
46Ludwig Hopf — (1884 in Nürnberg, Germany ndash; December 21, 1939 in Dublin, Ireland) was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions to mathematics, special relativity, hydrodynamics, and aerodynamics.Hopf studied under Arnold Sommerfeld at the… …
47Peter Masak — Infobox Scientist name = Peter C. Masak image width = 350px caption = Peter Masak ridge soaring his Scimitar glider on Bald Eagle Mountain near Lock Haven, Pennsylvania birth date = birth date|1957|8|17|mf=y birth place = Canada death date =… …
48Taibah University — ( ar. جامعة طية) is located in Medina, Saudi Arabia.choolsSchools include: * College of Engineering [ [http://www.taibahu.edu.sa/colleges/indexE.htm Colleges :] . Taibah University . Accessed 5 September 2008.] * College of Engineering, one of… …
49flight, history of — ▪ aviation Introduction development of heavier than air flying machines. Important landmarks and events along the way to the invention of the airplane include an understanding of the dynamic reaction of lifting surfaces (or wings), building… …
50Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) — This article is about the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which collapsed in 1940. For the article on the current bridges, see Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Tacoma Narrows Bridge The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge roadway twisted and vibrated violently… …
