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- Definição1
- Small, low aspect ratio airfoils mounted in pairs on the upper surface of the wings of high-speed aircraft. These project into the boundary layer and are meant to energize the stagnated boundary layer to promote better flow over the surface and postpone boundary layer separation.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- GUNSTON, Bill. The cambridge aerospace dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004. vii, 740 p. (Cambridge aerospace series.)
- Contexto
- Term currently in use for diamond-w ing a i rc ra f t ; e spec ia l ly when t ip s a re jo ined by vortex-generator endplates
- Subárea1
- Aircraft Structure Aerodynamics
- Related Term
- vortex
- vortex core
- wing tip vortex
- Português
- gerador de vórtice
- Imagem
Vortex generator.
Fonte: KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.