Aeronautics and Astronautics 24 min read
Aircraft Gas-Turbine Engine’s Control Based on the Fuel Injection Control
Introduction For a gas-turbine engine, particularly for a jet engine, the automatic control is one of the most important aspects,…
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Aeronautics and Astronautics 39 min read
Plasma Flow Control
Introduction Plasma flow control, based on the plasma aerodynamic actuation, is a novel active flow control technique to improve aircrafts’…
Aeronautics and Astronautics 23 min read
Visualization of Complex Flow Structures by Matched Refractive-Index PIV Method
Introduction With the development of computers and their surrounding equipments, the simulation of complicated flow structures around aircrafts will further…
Aerodynamics 4 min read
Aerodynamic measurements
Limitations of magnetic balances The disadvantages of magnetic balances have so far limited the spread of their use to industrial…
Aerodynamics 2 min read
Aerodynamic Drag Components
Drag is the force experienced by an object representing the resistance to its movement through a fluid. Sometimes called wind resistance or fluid…
Aerodynamics 2 min read
Angle of Attack
The angle of attack of a turbine blade is the angle between the direction of the apparent or relative wind…
Aerodynamics 3 min read
Wind Turbine Blades
Wind Turbines extract energy from the force of the wind on an aerofoil, in this case a turbine blade. The relative…
Aerodynamics 1 min read
Aircraft Wings
Aircraft are kept in the air by the forward thrust of the wings or aerofoils, through the air. The thrust driving…
Aerodynamics 1 min read
Newton’s Theory of Flight
Isaac Newton did not propose a theory of flight but he did provide Newton’s Laws of Motion the physical laws which can…
Aerodynamics 4 min read
Dynamic Pressure
An important property of any gas is its pressure. Because understanding what pressure is and how it works is so fundamental to the…
Aerodynamics 5 min read
Kutta Joukowski Theorem
Background and Historical Note: When asked how lift is generated by the wings, we usually hear arguments about velocity being…
Aerodynamics 3 min read
Flow Around a Circular Cylinder
Flow around a circular cylinder can be approached from the previous example by bringing the source and the sink closer.…
