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There are two causes of [[aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] force: .../regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/00-80T-80.pdf|title=Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators NAVAIR 00-80T-80|publisher=U.S. Navy|year=1965|pages=14, ...

...c]] phenomenon which effects [[turbo prop]] and [[jet engine|jet-powered]] aircraft.<ref name="brainscape">[https://www.brainscape.com/flashcards/04-thrust-and ...drag which effects [[V/STOL]] (vertical and/or short take-off and landing) aircraft such as the [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]].<ref name="view">{{Cite book|url=ht ...

...lidate and tune the computational predictive tools used to determine the [[Aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] performance of the [[Lockheed Martin X-33]] [[lifting body]] ...determining how a reusable launch vehicle's engine plume would affect the aerodynamics of its lifting body shape at specific altitudes and speeds reaching about 7 ...

The familiar study of [[jet aircraft]] treats jet thrust with a "black box" description which only looks at what ...ced momentum and pressure forces created within the engine itself.<ref>The Aircraft Gas Turbine and its operation December 1982, P&W Oper. Instr. 200, United T ...

...ance AirShow.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|A [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II]] aircraft performing a vertical climb using its [[Pratt & Whitney F135]] jet engine, ...OL]] aircraft use propellers or engine thrust to support the weight of the aircraft and to provide forward propulsion. ...

In [[aerospace engineering]], concerning [[aircraft design process|aircraft]], [[rocket]] and [[spacecraft propulsion|spacecraft]] design, '''overall p ...as the proportion of the [[mechanical energy]] actually used to propel the aircraft. The propulsive efficiency is always less than one, because [[conservation ...

...[[optics|optical]] analogue of [[aerodynamic lift]], in which a [[Camber (aerodynamics)|cambered]] refractive object with differently shaped top and bottom surfac [[Category:Aircraft wing design]] ...

{{short description|Temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust}} ...the brakes and enabling shorter landing distances. Such devices affect the aircraft significantly and are considered important for safe operations by [[airline ...

..., Maine|isbn=978-0-07-162910-2|pages=98 Fig 5.17 Chapter five Sailing Boat Aerodynamics}}</ref> In the case of viscous drag of [[Laminar flow|fluid in a pipe]], d ...sq ft and the [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]], with 30 years of advancement in aircraft design, an area of 20.6 sq ft although it carried five times as many passen ...

...ration Systems|website=www.energykitesystems.net}}</ref> then the tethered aircraft need not carry the generator mass or have a conductive tether. When the gen An [[Aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] airborne wind power system relies on the wind for support. ...

...t matter whether the object is moving through a stationary fluid (e.g. an aircraft flying through the air) or whether the object is stationary and the fluid i Lift is mostly associated with the [[wing]]s of [[fixed-wing aircraft]], although it is more widely generated by many other [[streamlined]] bodie ...

[[File:US Air Force F-117 Nighthawk.jpg|thumb|[[F-117]] [[stealth aircraft]]]] ...[[military technology|methods]] used to make personnel, [[Stealth aircraft|aircraft]], [[Stealth ship|ships]], [[submarine]]s, [[missile]]s, [[satellite]]s, an ...

...overtaking the position as most efficient at higher speeds due to superior aerodynamics. === Aircraft === ...

Mach number, a useful quantity in aerodynamics, is the ratio of air [[speed]] to the local speed of sound. At altitude, fo ...e represents a particular altitude and, therefore, a standard temperature. Aircraft flight instruments need to operate this way because the stagnation pressure ...

...eliability. The blades are usually colored white for daytime visibility by aircraft and range in length from {{convert|20|to|80|m|ft|sp=us}}. The size and heig ...hence higher cost of the drive train, the inherently lower [[Wind turbine aerodynamics#Power Coefficient|power coefficient]], the 360-degree rotation of the aerof ...

...ion. Servo systems tend to be "one-way", meaning external forces applied [[aerodynamics|aerodynamically]] to the control surfaces are not perceived at the controls ...

| Significantly stronger metal components (particularly in aircraft jet engines) | [[Plasma stealth]], [[Stealth aircraft]], [[Radar-absorbent material]] ...

...t naval ships|longest ever naval vessel]], and the first nuclear-powered [[aircraft carrier]]. Picture taken in 1964 during a record setting voyage of 26,540 n ...gasoline]] and [[Liquified petroleum gas|LPG]] may also be delivered via [[aircraft]]. Natural gas pipelines must maintain a certain minimum pressure to functi ...

...weight-to-power ratio (power loading) is a calculation commonly applied to aircraft, cars, and vehicles in general, to enable the comparison of one vehicle's p ...imum. For jet engines the useful power is equal to the flight speed of the aircraft multiplied by the force, known as net thrust, required to make it go at tha ...

...[[atmospheric science]], and the [[lift (physics)|lift]] associated with [[aerodynamics]] and [[flight]].<ref name=FeynmanVol1 />{{rp|at=ch.12}}<ref name=Kleppner ...dern SI system, and is generally deprecated, sometimes used for expressing aircraft weight, jet thrust, bicycle spoke tension, torque wrench settings and engin ...