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  2. Blade element momentum theory - Wikipedia

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    If we have a pressure difference across the area of the actuator disc, there is a force acting on the actuator disk, which can be determined from =: where is the area of the actuator disk. If the rotor is the only thing absorbing energy from the fluid, the rate of change in axial momentum of the fluid is the force that is acting on the rotor.

  3. Air bearing - Wikipedia

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    Aerodynamic bearings: The gas is pressurized by the relative velocity between the static and moving surfaces in the bearing. Such bearings are self-acting and do not require an external input of compressed gas.

  4. Thin disk - Wikipedia

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    The thin disk contributes about 85% of the stars in the Galactic plane [3] and 95% of the total disk stars. [2] It can be set apart from the thick disk of a galaxy since the latter is composed of older population stars created at an earlier stage of the galaxy formation and thus has fewer heavy elements. Stars in the thin disk, on the other ...

  5. Magnetohydrodynamic drive - Wikipedia

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    Yamato 1 on display in Kobe, Japan.The first working full-scale MHD ship. A magnetohydrodynamic drive or MHD accelerator is a method for propelling vehicles using only electric and magnetic fields with no moving parts, accelerating an electrically conductive propellant (liquid or gas) with magnetohydrodynamics.

  6. Rossby wave instability - Wikipedia

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    The theory of the Rossby wave instability in accretion discs was developed by Lovelace et al. [8] and Li et al. [9] for thin Keplerian discs with negligible self-gravity and earlier by Lovelace and Hohlfeld [10] for thin disc galaxies where the self-gravity may or may not be important and where the rotation is in general non-Keplerian.

  7. Spacecraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Aerodynamic forces, present near a body with a significant atmosphere such as Earth, Mars or Venus, are analyzed as: lift, defined as the force component perpendicular to the direction of flight (not necessarily upward to balance gravity, as for an airplane); and drag, the component parallel to, and in the opposite direction of flight.

  8. Aerodynamic center - Wikipedia

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    The aerodynamic center is the point at which the pitching moment coefficient for the airfoil does not vary with lift coefficient (i.e. angle of attack), making analysis simpler. [ 1 ] d C m d C L = 0 {\displaystyle {dC_{m} \over dC_{L}}=0} where C L {\displaystyle C_{L}} is the aircraft lift coefficient .

  9. Dissymmetry of lift - Wikipedia

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    Dissymmetry of lift [1]: 2–20 [2] (also known as asymmetry of lift [3]: 342 [4] or asymmetric lift [5] [6]) in rotorcraft aerodynamics refers to an unequal amount of lift on opposite sides of the rotor disc. It is a phenomenon that affects single-rotor helicopters and autogyros in forward flight.