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BASICS, LAWS AND DEFINITIONS / LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
Newtons’ Law
Air Density
Static-Dinamic Pressure
Bernoulli’s Theorem And Venturi
Equation Of Continuity
Dynamic Pressure And Ias
Speed Terms
BASICS ABOUT AIRFLOW AIFLOW
AERODYNAMIC FORCES AND MOMENTS ON AEROFOILS / TOTAL REACTION FORCE
A CENTRE OF PRESSURE AND AERODYNAMIC CENTRE / AERODYNAMIC MOMENT
Equilibrium Of Forces
Angle Of Attack
SHAPE OF AN AEROFOIL SECTION / AIRFOIL SECTION
POSITIVE CAMBERED & SYMMETRICAL AIRFOILS
WING SHAPE / WING TIP-ROOT, SPAN
WING PLANFORM, TAPER
Mean (Aerodynamic) Chord
The Aspect Ratio
Dihedral, Sweep, Twist
Angle Of Incidence
TWO-DIMENSIONAL AIRFLOW AROUND AN AEROFOIL / STREAMLINE PATTERN
Upwash / Downwash
Stagnation Point
Pressure Distribution
Lift And Downwash
Influence Of Angle Of Attack
The Lift – Α Graph
Flow Separatıon At High Angles Of Attack And Stall
Drag And Wake
COEFFICIENTS / THE LIFT COEFFICIENT CL
THE DRAG COEFFICIENT CD
Drag And Wake
THREE-DIMENSIONAL AIRFLOW ABOUT AN AEROPLANE
STREAMLINE PATTERN (3D)
Spanwise Flow
Upwash / Downwash
Wing Tip Vortices For Different Aoa
INDUCED DRAG
Induced Drag Coefficient
TOTAL DRAG
PARASITE DRAG
TOTAL DRAG AND SPEED
THE TOTAL DRAG – SPEED GRAPH
Speed Stability
GROUND EFFECT / EFFECT ON CDI
EFFECT ON CL AND Α STALL
EFFECT ON TAKE-OFF AND LANDING CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AEROPLANE
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LIFT COEFFICIENT AND SPEED IN STEADY, STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT / STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT
THE STALL FLOW SEPARATION AT INCREASING ANGLES OF ATTACK / BOUNDARY LAYER
Laminar / Turbulent Layer
Stall development vs. Wing planform
Pre-Stall Buffet
THE STALL SPEED
Stall development vs. Wing planform
STALL WARNING
SPECIAL PHENOMENA OF STALL
Super (Deep) Stall
Stabilizer Stall
Contaminated Wing
De/Anti-Ice Fluid
Spins
CLMAX AUGMENTATION / TRAILING EDGE FLAPS AND THE REASONS FOR USE IN TAKE-OFF AND LANDING
LEADING EDGE HIGH LIFT DEVICES
Vortex Generators
MEANS TO REDUCE THE CL – CD RATIO / SPOILERS AND THE REASONS FOR USE IN THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF FLIGHT
SPOILERS
SPEED BRAKES AND THE REASONS FOR USE IN THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF FLIGHT
THE BOUNDARY LAYER / THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ON PRESSURE DRAG AND FRICTION DRAG
AERODYNAMIC DEGRADATION / ICE AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS
DEFORMATION AND MODIFICATION OF AIRFRAME, AGEING AEROPLANES / AEROPLANE AGEING
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