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Reducing Skin-Friction Drag by Laminar Flow
In a previous post I introduced the concept of skin-friction and pressure drag,…
Operational Requirements
Every aircraft has a certain operational environment, including aspects of flight and…
What Creates Lift – How Do Wings Work?
How airplanes fly is one one of the most fundamental questions in aerospace engineering.…
Control and Stability of Aircraft
One of the key factors in the Wright brothers’ achievement of building the first…
Bio-mimetic Drag Reduction – Part 1: Sensing
Fish have a remarkable ability to sense the flow conditions around their…
Bio-mimetic Drag Reduction – Part 2: Aero- and Hydrodynamics
Part 1 of this blog series outlined the different sensing mechanisms that aquatic…
