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Re:The Physics of (Airplane) Flight by NovemberWhiskey on Monday July 01, 2024 @09:29AM (#40845691)
OK, but that's just saying "the aerodynamic force exists, because we can observe the plane goes up and the air goes down", isn't it?
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Re:The Physics of (Airplane) Flight by sanarothe on Monday July 01, 2024 @10:43AM (#40846286)
Classic phenomenological analysis. "This is not reality, but as a model it's good enough for a first pass design analysis"
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Re:The Physics of (Airplane) Flight by HPsquared on Monday July 01, 2024 @12:46PM (#40847588)
It's control volumes all the way down. Look up "Finite Volume Method" in CFD.
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