Pomilio, Ottorino · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 22
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. … POSITIVE PRESSURE.Fig. 7. The air deviated below the wing tends instead, also dueto inertia, to condense, thus producing a positive pressurewhich forces the air molecules to follow the concavity of 8 AIRPLANE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION the bottom curvature. Because of this change in the direc-tion of…
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