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
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