Wings & Things
These two parameters must be equivalent to achieve dynamic similarity between two differently scaled models, Mach number and ______.
What is Reynold's number?
According to Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, this phenomenon occurs when an object's gravitational field is so intense that not even light can escape from it.
What is a black hole?
What hypothetical scenario, where a pet is in a box, is famous for it's relation to quantum mechanics?
What is Schrödinger's cat?
This fundamental unit of digital information can represent two states, typically denoted as 0 and 1.
What is a bit?
What is the SI unit of electrical resistance?
What is the ohm?
In the context of aviation, the initials "STOL" stand for this.
What is Short Takeoff and Landing?
In celestial mechanics, these equilibrium points exist for small-mass objects under the gravitational influence of two massive orbiting bodies.
What are Lagrange points?
What is the term for the phenomenon where light waves bend as they pass from one medium to another, such as air to glass?
What is refraction?
In binary, this number is equivalent to the decimal number 10.
What is 2?
What is the name of the principle in fluid mechanics that states that the pressure in a fluid decreases as the fluid's velocity increases?
What is Bernoulli's principle?
This word was given the first definition of "movement in a circle or circuit" and is integral to lift production.
What is circulation?
This term refers to the point in an object's orbit where it is farthest from the celestial body it is orbiting.
What is aphelion?
What is the term for the rotational analog of mass, representing an object's resistance to changes in rotational motion?
What is moment of inertia?
This famous computer scientist and mathematician introduced the concept of a "universal machine" in his paper "On Computable Numbers," you can also find him on Britains 50 pound note.
Who is Alan Turing?
What is the term for the process of determining the internal structure or composition of a material by analyzing the way it interacts with electromagnetic radiation?
What is spectroscopy?
This is the angle that would exist between the Z-axis of the stability coordinate system and the weight vector for an aircraft pitched up, flying at a positive angle of attack.
What is vertical flight path angle?
Named after a 17th-century Italian astronomer, this law describes the equal areas swept out by a planet's orbit in equal intervals of time.
What is Kepler's second law (or the Law of Equal Areas)?
What is the term for the phenomenon where a moving object experiences a sideways force due to the rotation of the Earth?
What is the Coriolis effect?
This data storage unit is equal to 1024 bytes.
What is a kilobyte (KB)?
What is the process by which an atom gains or loses electrons, resulting in an electrical charge?
What is ionization?
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) published his famous Principia in which the entire second book was devoted to fluid mechanics in this year.
What is 1687?
This term describes the phenomenon where light from a distant object is bent by the gravitational field of a massive object between it and the observer, resulting in a magnified and distorted image.
What is gravitational lensing?
What elementary particle, similar to an electron but with greater mass, is commonly produced in cosmic ray showers and is used in experiments to probe fundamental particles and forces?
What is a muon?
These circuits carry data from one area to another.
What are Busses?
What is the name of the fundamental particle that makes up most of the universe's matter?
What is the quark?