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1aerodynamic center — The aerodynamic center is a point on the wing chord that results in a constant moment when the wing angle of attack is changed. An AC lies approximately at the quarter chord position at subsonic speeds and at approximately the half chord position …
2Center of pressure — The center of pressure is the point on a body where the sum total of the aerodynamic pressure field acts, causing a force and no moment about that point. Mathematically it can be said that the net pressure force on the body acts through this… …
3Aerodynamic potential flow code — Aerodynamic potential flow or panel codes are used to determine the velocity and subsequently the pressure distribution on an object. This may be a simple two dimensional object, such as a circle or wing and it may be a three dimensional vehicle …
4Wing fence — Wing fences, also known as boundary layer fences and potential fences are fixed aerodynamic devices attached to aircraft wings. Not to be confused with wingtip fences, wing fences are flat metal plates fixed to the upper surfaces (and often… …
5Wing configuration — For aircraft configurations in general, including fuselage, tail and powerplant configuration, see Aircraft. For rotary winged aircraft types, see Rotorcraft. For direct lift and compound or hybrid types, see Powered lift. Fixed wing aircraft,… …
6Flying wing — For the Canadian football position, see Flying wing (football). Flying wing Graphic rendering A flying wing is a tailless fixed wing aircraft which has no definite fuselage, with most of the crew, payload and equipment being housed inside the… …
7Insect wing — Original veins and wing posture of a dragonfly. Hoverflies hovering to mate …
8Ames Research Center — Ames Research Center …
9Oblique 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… …
10German Aerospace Center — Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. Established 1969 Headquarters Köln Porz Administrator Johann Dietrich Wörner …
