Aerodynamic center
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aerodynamic-center-183-6907576
title:
Aerodynamic center
text:
In aerodynamics, the torques or moments acting on an airfoil moving through a fluid can be accounted for by the net lift and net drag applied at some point on the airfoil, and a separate net pitching moment about that point whose magnitude varies with the choice of where the lift is chosen to be applied. The aerodynamic center is the point at which the pitching moment coefficient for the airfoil does not vary with lift coefficient, making analysis simpler.
- d C m d C L = 0 where C L is the ai
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description:
Point on an airfoil where pitching moment coefficient is constant for all angles of attack
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamic_center
date created:
2006-04-01T18:43:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T23:22:02Z
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