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cambered

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1. cambered - Adjective

2. cambered - Verb

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of Camber

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Klaus Weltner A comparison of explanations of the aerodynamic lifting force Am. J. Phys. 55(1), January 1987 pg 52 When a cambered airfoil is upside down, the angle of attack can be adjusted so that the lift force is upwards. Source: Internet

He introduced the use of the whirling arm test rig to investigate the aerodynamics of flight, using it to discover the benefits of the curved or cambered aerofoil over the flat wing he had used for his first glider. Source: Internet

Symmetrical airfoils have higher stalling speeds than cambered airfoils of the same wing area E. V. Laitone, Wind tunnel tests of wings at Reynolds numbers below 70 000, Experiments in Fluids 23, 405 (1997). Source: Internet

Contemporary surfboards often have a centre fin and two cambered side fins. Source: Internet

Second, even if a humped-up (cambered) shape is used, the claim that the air must traverse the curved top surface in the same time as it does the flat bottom surface. Source: Internet

The road was cambered in the middle (for water runoff) and had ditches on either side of the road which were protected by retaining walls. Source: Internet

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