vortex-flow aerodynamics

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• Vortex lattice method — The Vortex lattice method, (VLM), is a numerical, Computational fluid dynamics, method used mainly in the early stages of aircraft design and in aerodynamic education at university level. The VLM models the lifting surfaces, such as a wing, of an …   Wikipedia

• Vortex generator — A vortex generator is an aerodynamic surface, consisting of a small vane that creates a vortex.Peppler, I.L.: From The Ground Up , page 23. Aviation Publishers Co. Limited, Ottawa Ontario, Twenty Seventh Revised Edition, 1996. ISBN 09690054 9 0]… …   Wikipedia

• Flow separation — All solid objects travelling through a fluid (or alternatively a stationary object exposed to a moving fluid) acquire a boundary layer of fluid around them where viscous forces occur in the layer of fluid close to the solid surface. Boundary… …   Wikipedia

• aerodynamics — aerodynamic, aerodynamical, adj. aerodynamically, adv. /air oh duy nam iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium. Cf.… …   Universalium

• vortex — i. In meteorology, any rotary flow in the atmosphere. ii. As used in aerodynamics, circular patterns of air created by the movement of an airfoil through the air when generating lift. As an airfoil moves through the atmosphere in sustained flight …   Aviation dictionary

• Starting vortex — The starting vortex is a vortex which forms in the air adjacent to the trailing edge of an airfoil as it is accelerated from rest in a fluid. [Clancy, L.J., Aerodynamics , Figure 4.7] It leaves the airfoil (which now has an equal but opposite… …   Wikipedia

• Kármán vortex street — A Kármán vortex street is a repeating pattern of swirling vortices caused by the unsteady separation of flow over bluff bodies. They are named after the engineer and fluid dynamicist, Theodore von Kármán [Theodore von Kármán: Aerodynamics]… …   Wikipedia

• Bargeboard (aerodynamics) — Bargeboards are pieces of bodywork on open wheel racing cars, serving a purely aerodynamic (as opposed to structural) function. They are curved vertical planes situated longitudinally, between the front wheels and the sidepods, held away from the …   Wikipedia

• Kutta condition — The Kutta condition is a principle in steady flow fluid dynamics, especially aerodynamics, that is applicable to solid bodies which have sharp corners such as the trailing edges of airfoils. It is named for German mathematician and aerodynamicist …   Wikipedia

• F-16 Fighting Falcon — infobox Aircraft name= F 16 Fighting Falcon caption=A USAF F 16 over Iraq after refueling, 2008 type= Multirole fighter national origin = United States manufacturer= General Dynamics Lockheed Martin first flight= 2 February avyear|1974… …   Wikipedia

• KÜCHEMANN — GERMANY (see also List of Individuals) 11.9.1911 Göttingen/D 23.2.1976 Farnborough/UK Dietrich Küchemann studied at the Universities of Munich and Göttingen where he submitted a PhD thesis in 1936. He remained at Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt… …   Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000