航空专业英语 Flight Theory 迎风面积.pptxVIP

3.2 Front face area ;You can visualize frontal area as the shadow an object would cast if a light source came from the same direction as the relative wind.;A given object’s frontal area can vary depending on its attitude with respect to the relative wind ，just as the shape of its shadow depends on how it is presented to the light.;A thin board placed edge first into the wind has a small frontal area compared to the same board placed broadside into the wind;In general，the larger the frontal area ，the higher the drag force.