general/aerodynamics

Physical property

Shock wave travelling through a fluid

Science of air vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions

Force exerted on a body as it moves through air or gas

Airfoil design

Curved propagating disturbance wave

Tendency of a fluid jet to stay attached to a surface of any form

Wing shape

Phase of aerodynamic flight

Flow where fluid particles follow smooth paths in layers

Change in direction of air by rotor blade

Yawing force caused by a rotating propeller

Most aerodynamic shape for supersonic vehicles

Any large system of circulating ocean surface currents

Type of aileron used for missiles

Torus-shaped vortex in a fluid

Lift from highly sweptback aircraft wings

Rapid style of descent in bird flight

Tuned mass damper used to suppress wind-induced vibrations

Early system for lateral control of a fixed-wing aircraft

Aircraft flight measures

Machine used for studying the effects of air moving around objects

Uncommanded nose-upwards rotation of an aircraft

Airfoil design

Fluid dynamics phenomenon

Wind that faces opposite side of a plane when landing

Tendency for an aircraft to yaw opposite to a roll

Increased aircraft lift generated when close to fixed surface

Angle of a blade in a fluid

Aircraft in or near a stall rolling

Point over which the aircraft would balance

Aerodynamic testing facility

Aircraft with low or negative stability

Term in fluid mechanics

Method of propulsion

Type of wind by direction of travel

Aircraft motion involving constant angle of attack but varying pitch

Mathematical technique in aerodynamics

Types of aircraft behavior

Helicopter with two sets of rotor blades placed on top of each other

Mathematical model to quantify lift

High-amplitude, low-frequency oscillation of overhead power lines due to wind

Criteria used by test pilots and engineers

Fully movable aircraft stabilizer