• DocumentCode
    1195167
  • Title

    Leave Bernoulli out of this [airplane flight]

  • Author

    Colwell, Bob

  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    Bernoulli discovered that as the velocity of a fluid increases, its pressure decreases. Concerning flight, Bernoulli´s principle applies to the shape of an airplane wing. Air travels across the top and bottom of the wing at the same time, traveling faster on top (creating less pressure) because the wing is curved and slower on the bottom (creating more pressure) because it is flat. The trouble is that successive generations of young students are convinced that this is all there is to it. The author looks at this problem.
  • Keywords
    aerospace computing; computational fluid dynamics; pressure; Bernoulli principle; airplane flight; airplane wing; pressure; Aerodynamics; Airplanes; Automotive engineering; Cities and towns; Color; Computer architecture; Educational institutions; Insects; Plastics; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2003.1198227
  • Filename
    1198227