Aerodynamics
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Aerodynamics is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing. It involves topics covered in the field of fluid dynamics and its subfield of ga
A NASA wake turbulence study at Wallops Island is portrayed, 1990. A vortex is created by passage of an aircraft wing, revealed by smoke. Vortices are one of the many phenomena associated with the study of aerodynamics.
A replica of the Wright brothers' wind tunnel is on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton. Wind tunnels were key in the development and validation of the laws of aerodynamics.
A Ministry of Aircraft Production poster on aerodynamics
Computational modelling of airflow over a jet
Fluid dynamics
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In physics, physical chemistry, and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including ae
Aerodynamics
…is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing. It involves topics covered in the field of fluid dynamics and its subfield of gas dynamics, and is an important domain of study in aeronautics. The term aerodynamics is often used synonymously with gas dynamics…
The transition from laminar to turbulent flow