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AEROFOIL [2 records]

Record 1 2016-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bodywork and Framework (Motor Vehicles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Carrosserie, caisse et châssis (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

(...) [permet d'obtenir] un surcroît d'adhérence des roues arrière et, en conséquence, une meilleure stabilité dans les grandes courbes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

Any surface, such as an airplane wing, aileron, rudder [or propeller], designed to obtain reaction from the air through which it moves.

OBS

lifting surface: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

airfoil; aerofoil: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

surface portante : terme général qui désigne matériellement une aile, une pale ou une aube.

OBS

surface portante : terme normalisé par l'ISO, et uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Ingeniería aeronáutica y mantenimiento
DEF

Toda superficie que sometida a una corriente de aire con un ángulo de ataque apropriado, produce más sustentación que resistencia.

OBS

superficie sustentadora: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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