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| tail incidence angle |
The angle between the horizontal tail chord line and the aircraft reference line.
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| taper ratio |
The ratio of a wing¡¯s tip chord to its root chord
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| tapered |
refers to a wing whose tip chord is less than its root chord. Taper, along with twist, can be used to alter the spanwiselift distribution on a wing |
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| temperature |
A measure of the average kinetic energy of gas molecules as they move and collide with each other.
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| test section |
The portion of a wind tunnel with the smallest cross-sectional area and highest velocities where measurements of aerodynamic forces and pressures on models are made
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| thickness-to-chord ratio |
The ratio of an airfoil¡¯s maximum thickness to its chord
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| three dimensional lift |
refers to the lift produced by a wing rather than an airfoil; the latter is frequently tested extending from wall to wall in a wind tunnel |
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| angle |
The angle between the thrust vector and the velocity vector.
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| dry |
Turbojet and turbofan engine thrust without afterburner
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| required |
The amount of thrust required to overcome drag and sustain steady, level, unaccelerated flight
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| sea level |
Thrust in standard day sea level conditions
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| static |
Thrust when the aircraft has zero forward velocity
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| to-weight ratio |
The ratio of maximum static sea level thrust to either aircraft or engine weight
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| wet |
Turbojet and turbofan engine thrust with afterburner
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| thrust |
Propulsive force produced by an aircraft engine
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| tip loss |
loss of lift at the blade tip due to three dimensional induced effects |
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| tip speed |
tangential velocity of the rotor blade in hover |
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| tip vortex |
local whirling motion of air particles exciting in the chordwise direction from the tip of the rotor blade, wherein the whirling is about an axis normal to the blade in a rotational sense from thr bottom to the top surfaces |
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| torque |
moment about the rotor shaft in the top view due to the total drag of the rotor blades |
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| torsion box |
these can have one,two, or three cells. One cell may be formed by the wing's leading edge and the forward spar. A second cell may be formed by the two main spars and the upper and lower skinstretching between the spars |
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