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  2. Center of pressure (fluid mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    The total force vector acting at the center of pressure is the surface integral of the pressure vector field across the surface of the body. The resultant force and center of pressure location produce an equivalent force and moment on the body as the original pressure field. Pressure fields occur in both static and dynamic fluid mechanics ...

  3. Magnus effect - Wikipedia

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    The stability of the bullet is affected, because the Magnus effect acts on the bullet's centre of pressure instead of its centre of gravity. [36] This means that it affects the yaw angle of the bullet; it tends to twist the bullet along its flight path, either towards the axis of flight (decreasing the yaw thus stabilising the bullet) or away ...

  4. Aerodynamic center - Wikipedia

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    The distribution of forces on a wing in flight are both complex and varying. This image shows the forces for two typical airfoils, a symmetrical design on the left, and an asymmetrical design more typical of low-speed designs on the right. This diagram shows only the lift components; the similar drag considerations are not illustrated.

  5. Center of pressure - Wikipedia

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    Center of pressure may refer to: Center of pressure (fluid mechanics) Center of pressure (terrestrial locomotion) This page was last edited on 28 ...

  6. Pitching moment - Wikipedia

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    Pitching moment changes pitch angle A graph showing coefficient of pitching moment with respect to angle of attack for an airplane.. In aerodynamics, the pitching moment on an airfoil is the moment (or torque) produced by the aerodynamic force on the airfoil if that aerodynamic force is considered to be applied, not at the center of pressure, but at the aerodynamic center of the airfoil.

  7. Vortex - Wikipedia

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    The shape formed by the free surface is called a hyperboloid, or "Gabriel's Horn" (by Evangelista Torricelli). The core of a vortex in air is sometimes visible because water vapor condenses as the low pressure of the core causes adiabatic cooling; the funnel of a tornado is an example. When a vortex line ends at a boundary surface, the reduced ...

  8. Chord (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Mean aerodynamic chord (MAC) is defined as: [6] = (), where y is the coordinate along the wing span and c is the chord at the coordinate y.Other terms are as for SMC. The MAC is a two-dimensional representation of the whole wing. The pressure distribution over the entire wing can be reduced to a single lift force

  9. Mach tuck - Wikipedia

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    The short stubby fuselage had a detrimental effect in reducing the critical Mach number of the 15% thick wing center section with high velocities over the canopy adding to those on the upper surface of the wing. [12] Mach tuck occurred at speeds above Mach 0.65; [3] the air flow over the wing center section became transonic, causing a loss of ...