Re: [Phys-l] question about Bernoulli

[Bennett <bennett@oakland.edu>]

What ever became of venturi?

isn't he involved in some of these situations?

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:04 PM, chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com> wrote:

> Supersonic wings are not 'airfoil' shaped if I understand correctly.
> Angle of attack certainly enters in to upside down flight as well.
>
> Doesn't air flow faster over the top of an airfoil?
> Isn't the pressure lower?
> How far off are the numbers for Bernoulli to have a hand in things?
>
> Not many folks will claim that Bernoulli is the WHOLE answer.
> Does that mean it has to be ZERO part of the answer??
>
> Have aeronautical engineers been duped all these years?
> .
> At 3:16 PM -0500 11/23/10, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
> > Good demos! What about planes flying upside down? Shape of the wing? How
> > is this explained using Bernoulli's principle and Newton's laws?
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