The airplane or wing designer seeks to harness the pressure forces associated with the motion of air. These have important consequences for the operation of an airplane in flight because the forces on it must be balanced and flight should be stable. We examine the various descriptive pressures that are relevant and look at airfoilAirfoil and wing data that is displayed as clean and compact. We introduce yet another consequence of the nature of vorticityVorticity associated with lift, namely drag that is associated with the trailing vortexVortex system. The discussion is concluded with thoughts about how the pilot of an airplane thinks about speed.


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    Title :

    Pressure, Pressure, It’s All About Pressure!


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    Published in:

    The Vortex and The Jet ; Chapter : 6 ; 49-64


    Publication date :

    2022-02-25


    Size :

    16 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English