Aerodynamics, to put it simply, is the analysis of the forces and resulting motion of objects in the air. It concerns the four forces of flight (lift, weight, thrust, and drag), fluid dynamics, gas ...

Structural adaptability: Enhancing efficiency through flexible and innovative designs.

For supersonic flight, the nose was hydraulically lifted, streamlining the plane's shape and allowing it to efficiently pierce the air. It's a classic aerodynamic problem: most wing shapes that ...

Fundamentals of subsonic aerodynamics. Atmosphere models. Air speed measurement, boundary layers, aerodynamic heating. Circulation, downwash, and three-dimensional wing theory. Airfoil data, and lift ...

Because WMU's College of Aviation is more than a flight school, students will study general education subjects, the basic sciences, in addition to aircraft systems, crew resource management, advanced ...

The team carefully studied each airplane’s aerodynamics by simulating how the air interacts with 1,306 airplane surfaces and developed a flight control regime. “All aircraft have been reviewed ...

NASA is testing radical new airplane wing designs that could drastically cut fuel use—but there's a catch: they may be more ...

as aerodynamics involves anything that moves within a given atmosphere. Simply put, this field of study isn't just limited to ...

The Bio-Inspired Flight Lab led by Dr Shane Windsor investigates aerodynamic, sensing and control aspects of animal flight and how we can use bio-inspiration to improve engineered technologies, ...