Ask an Explainer - Aerodynamics

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Q: How do you explain the airflow through a windsock, using Bernoulli relation? Does increased wind gives higher pressure inside the windsock?
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Q: How is lift achieved at transonic speeds?
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Aerodynamics
Q: Where does air go when a plane wing hits it?
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Aerodynamics
Q: What causes an object in air to slow down? For example, a tennis ball that is projected from a catapult. What slows it down?
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Aerodynamics
Q: Can you explain shock speed in laymen's terms?
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Aerodynamics
Q: With newspaper and stick handmade kites, and almost no wind ever in OH, we kids could always get our kites up and flying. What is it called (in aerodynamics) and how does it work?
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Aerodynamics
Q: Why can't humans fly if they have paper or fake wings?
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Aerodynamics
Q: What is the limiting factor for designing of helicopters in terms of forward speed?
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Aerodynamics
Q: How does wind affect aerodynamics?
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Aerodynamics
Q: How far behind an aircraft do the wingtip vortices affect the flight envelope of a preceding aircraft?
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Aerodynamics