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Encyclopedia > Camber (aerodynamics)

The camber in aerospace engineering is the asymmetry between the top and the bottom curves of an airfoil. Cambered airfoils generate lift at positive, zero, or even small negative angle of attack, whereas a symmetric airfoil only has lift at positive angles of attack. Image File history File links Aerodynamic_camber. ... Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering that concerns aircraft, spacecraft, and related topics. ... An airfoil (in American English, or aerofoil in British English) is the shape of a wing or blade (of a propeller or ships screw or sail) as seen in cross-section. ... In this diagram, the black arrow represents the direction of the wind. ...


ь== See also ==

this is somewhat like the camber in a chicken Cross section of an airfoil showing chord In reference to aircraft, chord refers to the distance between the front and back of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow. ... The NACA airfoils are airfoil shapes for aircraft wings developed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). ...


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