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Publication Date: 2014-Jan
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What Supports an Aeroplane? Force, Momentum, Energy and Power in Flight
Robertson, David
Physics Education, v49 n1 p75-82 Jan 2014
Some apparently confusing aspects of Newton's laws as applied to an aircraft in normal horizontal flight are neatly resolved by a careful analysis of force, momentum, energy and power. A number of related phenomena are explained at the same time, including the lift and induced drag coefficients, used empirically in the aviation industry.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Principles, Motion, Energy, Kinetics, Air Transportation, Equations (Mathematics)
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