Airplane characteristics; a systematic introduction for flyer and student and for all who are interested in aviation (1918)
Bedell, Frederick, b. 1868- · Ithaca, N. Y., Taylor and Company · leaf 67
he flow of air past a cylindrical strut or wire.Behind the strut there is a turbulent space and a partialvacuum, or negative pressture n, that tends to suck the strut Digitized by Microsoft® 50 AIRPLANE CHARACTERISTICS along in the direction of the air-stream. A large part of theresistance of the… … Fig. 31. Cylindrical strut A, backed up by a filler B ofa form that reduces, but does not entirely eliminate,the air eddies and low pressure back of strut. Resist-ance is thus reduced. bulence and low pressure. The resistance to motion throughthe air is thus greatly decreased. Struts are sometimes…
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