D. Bernoulli's Principle and the Wing

by Jeremy Steele
Web Project for Professor Newman's Physics 212 Spring 2005

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The Man

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The Principle

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The Wing

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The Flaps

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Works Cited


http://fp.mrshubigbus.plus.com/bac1-11jet.co.uk%20Gallery.htm

Well we all love flying in planes from one place to another but have you ever wondered how those large vehicles stay in the air?  The answer of coarse is the wings.  Now that you know that wings keep a plane aloft you are probably wondering how they work. Wings keep a plane in the air because of Bernoulli's principle.  In the following pages you will learn who Bernoulli was and how we can apply his principle to the wing model.
 

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