Flight without Bernoulli

Physics Teacher

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 457-462

  Waltham, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 85008249850     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.879927     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. D. J. Acheson, Elementary Fluid Dynamics (Oxford, 1990), pp. 29 and 120ff.
2. J. Raskin, "Foiled by the Coanda Effect,"Quantum 5, 5-11 (1994). Attempts to explain the Magnus effect (the transverse force generated by a rotating cylinder or sphere in a fluid) also cause considerable muddle (Raskin notes that even very famous physicists are not immune from this problem). Here the difficulties arecompounded by the need to choose the right reference frame. The air deflection approach can help here too; if you bear it in mind you will never get the sign wrong!
3. Cessna Manual of Flight (Canada), (Jeppeson, Denver, CO, 1979), p.1-18ff
4. Transport Canada Flight Training Manual, 3rd ed., (Gage, Toronto, 1981) p. 5.
5. H. Tennekes, The Simple Science of Flight (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996).
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9. B. Jones, Elements of Practical Aerodynamics, 3rd ed. (Wiley, New York, 1942) pp. 17-19.
10. W. J. MacQ. Rankine, A Manual of Applied Mechanics, 21st ed. (Griffin, London, 1921), p. 591 ff.
11. I. H. Shames, Mechanics of Fluids, 2nd ed., (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1982), p. 121ff.
12. J. D. Anderson Jr., Introduction to Flight, 3rd ed., (Wiley, New York, 1984), p. 269.
13. Cessna 152 Information Manual, Cessna Aircraft Company, 1979.