Fluids mechanics deals with the Navier-Stokes equations and in this blog, we will discuss the beauty of these equations that describe fluid flow and how fluid mechanics impact our everyday world. Fluid mechanics has a historical legacy that goes back to Prandtl’s original ideas of simple control volume theory. It was built around rigorous physical…
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Bird Flight – Extreme Aerodynamics
Downwash & Induced Drag The flow pattern at the tip of the finite wing generates a vortical flow field. The trailing vortices create a ‘downwash’ at the wing that rotates the freestream velocity downwards vectorially. These vortices make the resultant lift force vector rotate backward, which gives rise to a force that is in the…