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camber: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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camber1 CONSTRUCTAirfoil camberAIRFOIL CAMBER LINE

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Aeronautics

The curvature of an airfoil

In aeronautics, camber is the curvature of an airfoil: the asymmetry between its upper and lower surfaces, described by the mean camber line drawn midway between them. A cambered airfoil generates lift even at zero angle of attack and shifts the whole lift curve, which is why wings and their flaps are cambered rather than flat. Abbott and von Doenhoff's Theory of wing sections catalogues airfoils by their camber and thickness. The referent is the curvature of a lifting surface, and it is a different construct from a road's cross-slope or a wheel's tilt, joined only by the word.[1]

Unit
The maximum height of the mean camber line as a fraction of the chord
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Specified geometrically by the mean camber line; its effect appears as the zero-lift angle and the lift-curve shift

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alignment6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructsangle of attack1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone aerodynamic constructasymmetry4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Abbott, I. H., & von Doenhoff, A. E. (1959). Theory of wing sections: Including a summary of airfoil data. Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486605869

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