Pomilio, Ottorino · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 22
Fig. -Leading edge of good efficiency. their path downward so as to flow along the top curvatureof the wing. A dynamic equilibrium is thereby establishedbetween the negative pressure and the centrifugal force of … Fig. G.—Leading edge of poor efficiency. the various molecules (Fig. 7). It is obvious, then, thatthe top curvature has a pronounced influence not only uponthe intensity of the vacuum, but also on the law of negativepressure distribution along its entire length.
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