Strömungsabriss
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peer agreement (net): +1flow separation Explanation: I have two translations for Strömungsabriss in Langenscheidt Technik in reference to aerodynamics: flow separation and stall/stalling. In light air, a sailboat will almost always go faster if sail lift can be increased. As long as there is no significant flow separation, drag increases as the square of the lift. As lift continues to increase, drag rises even more rapidly until we reach maximum lift and the sails start to stall. Until near maximum lift, sail drive will increase and the boat speed ditto, in spite of the quickly rising drag and the related heeling force. This is because in light air the heeling force (or moment) is not an issue, at least up to very high values of the side force, when the induced drag of the underwater hull gets excessive. http://www.wb-sails.fi/news/99_1_AeroShape/Aero.htm |
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