aerofoil drag

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• aerofoil — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a structure designed to give the most favourable ratio of lift to drag in flight …   English terms dictionary

• aerofoil — noun Brit. a structure with curved surfaces designed to give the most favourable ratio of lift to drag in flight …   English new terms dictionary

• Wave drag — is an aerodynamics term that refers to a sudden and very powerful form of drag that appears on aircraft and blade tips moving at high subsonic and supersonic speeds. Overview Wave drag is caused by the formation of shock waves around the aircraft …   Wikipedia

• form drag — noun Aeronautics that part of the drag on an aerofoil which arises from its shape …   English new terms dictionary

• airfoil/aerofoil — A body of such shape that the force exerted on it by its motion through a fluid has a larger component normal, or perpendicular, to the direction of the motion than along the direction of the motion. This force is in the form of lift or thrust. A …   Aviation dictionary

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• Airfoil — An airfoil (in American English) or aerofoil (in British English) is the shape of a wing or blade (of a propeller, rotor or turbine) or sail as seen in cross section. An airfoil shaped body moved through a fluid produces a force perpendicular to… …   Wikipedia

• Flying and gliding animals — A number of animals have evolved aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. Flying and gliding animals have evolved separately many times, without any single ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times, in the insects,… …   Wikipedia