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chord
- Sinônimos
- chord line
- Definição1
- An imaginary straight line joining the center of the leading and trailing edges of a cross section of an airfoil. The mean chord is used as a reference datum for laying out the curve of the airfoil.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Definição2
- An imaginary line passing from the leading edge to the trailing edge of an airfoil.
- Fonte2
- SCHAFER, Joe. Helicopter maintenance. Englewood: Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., c2007. viii, 343 p.
- Definição3
- An imaginary straight line between the leading and trailling edges of an airfoil section.
- Fonte3
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Rotorcraft flying handbook (FAA-H-8083-21). Washington, DC: FAA, 2000. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/faa-h-8083-21.pdf. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2012.
- Fonte4
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft accident digest n.22. Montreal, 1979. (Cir. 146 AN/96).
- Contexto
- There was evidence of a preexisting fracture of the rear spar upper web between the top chord (adjacent to the fracture) and the centre chord and in certain sections of the closure rib and associated structure.
- Subárea
- Aerodynamics
- Narrower Term
- aerodynamic mean chord
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