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center of lift
Definição1
The location along the chord of an airfoil at which all lift forces produced by the airfoil are considered concentrated. This is generally neat the quarter-chord point.
Fonte1
KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
Definição2
The location along the chord line of an airfoil at which all the lift forces produced by the airfoil are considered to be concentrated.
Fonte2
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Aircraft flying handbook. Washington, 2004. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/FAA-H-8083-5.pdf. Acesso em: 09 maio 2012.
Fonte3
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Pilot’s handbook of aeronautical knowledge. [s.l.], 2008. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 11 agosto 2020.
Contexto
Lift opposes the downward force of weight, is produced by the dynamic effect of the air acting on the wing, and acts perpendicular to the flight path through the wing’s center of lift.
Subárea
Aerodynamics
Français
centre de poussée