Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its aerodynamic breadth or chord. A long, narrow wing has a high aspect ratio, whereas a short, stubby wing has a low aspect ratio.Aspect ratio and other features of the planform can be used to predict the aerodynamic performance of a wing, mainly the lift-to-drag ratio.For a given wing area, the aspect ratio, which is proportional to the square of the wingspan, is of particular significance in determining the performance. Roughly, an airplane in flight can be imagined to affect a circular cylinder of air with a diameter equal to the wingspan. A large wingspan is working on a large cylinder of air, and a small wingspan is working on a small cylinder of air. For two aircraft of the same weight but different wingspans the small cylinder of air must be pushed downward by a greater amount than the large cylinder in order to produce an equal upward force. The aft-leaning component of this change in velocity is proportional to the induced drag. Therefore the larger downward velocity produces a larger aft-leaning component and this leads to larger induced drag on the aircraft with the smaller wingspan and lower aspect ratio.The interaction between undisturbed air outside the circular cylinder of air, and the downward-moving cylinder of air occurs at the wingtips and can be seen as wingtip vortices."@en }
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- Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics) abstract "In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its aerodynamic breadth or chord. A long, narrow wing has a high aspect ratio, whereas a short, stubby wing has a low aspect ratio.Aspect ratio and other features of the planform can be used to predict the aerodynamic performance of a wing, mainly the lift-to-drag ratio.For a given wing area, the aspect ratio, which is proportional to the square of the wingspan, is of particular significance in determining the performance. Roughly, an airplane in flight can be imagined to affect a circular cylinder of air with a diameter equal to the wingspan. A large wingspan is working on a large cylinder of air, and a small wingspan is working on a small cylinder of air. For two aircraft of the same weight but different wingspans the small cylinder of air must be pushed downward by a greater amount than the large cylinder in order to produce an equal upward force. The aft-leaning component of this change in velocity is proportional to the induced drag. Therefore the larger downward velocity produces a larger aft-leaning component and this leads to larger induced drag on the aircraft with the smaller wingspan and lower aspect ratio.The interaction between undisturbed air outside the circular cylinder of air, and the downward-moving cylinder of air occurs at the wingtips and can be seen as wingtip vortices.".
- Q1545619 abstract "In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its aerodynamic breadth or chord. A long, narrow wing has a high aspect ratio, whereas a short, stubby wing has a low aspect ratio.Aspect ratio and other features of the planform can be used to predict the aerodynamic performance of a wing, mainly the lift-to-drag ratio.For a given wing area, the aspect ratio, which is proportional to the square of the wingspan, is of particular significance in determining the performance. Roughly, an airplane in flight can be imagined to affect a circular cylinder of air with a diameter equal to the wingspan. A large wingspan is working on a large cylinder of air, and a small wingspan is working on a small cylinder of air. For two aircraft of the same weight but different wingspans the small cylinder of air must be pushed downward by a greater amount than the large cylinder in order to produce an equal upward force. The aft-leaning component of this change in velocity is proportional to the induced drag. Therefore the larger downward velocity produces a larger aft-leaning component and this leads to larger induced drag on the aircraft with the smaller wingspan and lower aspect ratio.The interaction between undisturbed air outside the circular cylinder of air, and the downward-moving cylinder of air occurs at the wingtips and can be seen as wingtip vortices.".