Sentences with phrase «of air drag»

The coefficient of air drag is a gas - saving.038 compared with.048 on last year's model.

Optimized aerodynamics have a direct impact on the car's fuel economy and emission management; a reduction of air drag by 10 % offers a reduction of fuel consumption on the road of more than 2.5 %, according to BMW.

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On the eve of the first anniversary of United Airlines» man - dragged - from - plane incident, more than 15,500 American Airlines said they are on a mission to humanize air travel, the Chicago Business Journal reports.

The GBU - 43 / B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, sometimes grimly called the «Mother of All Bombs» because of its acronym, was loaded onto a pallet, flown in a C - 130 cargo plane, then dragged out the back of the plane — pallet included — by a parachute.

The skater crouches forward (as if he was skating in a squat position) to reduce drag caused by air resistance on the front of his body, and to help him balance.

On his first three tries McKee and his companions were plagued by motor failure, dragging anchors, swamping, foul weather and bad air, heavy seas and tides, injury, sickness and sharp arguments fomented by charges and countercharges of illegal activity — in short, the routine troubles that wreck hunters come to expect.

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The model also incorporates the inertia and surface tension of the liquid, which determine the size and configuration of the droplets that emerge as a «blood cloud», and the diminished air drag each droplet feels thanks to the presence its neighbours.

But a cloudlike G2 would feel a drag, like a feather moving through air on Earth, says Ann - Marie Madigan of the University of California, Berkeley, who's not affiliated with either team.

Air slows down as it flows over the top of a conventional plane, thereby creating drag and making the craft less efficient.

The merger of the two drops imparts momentum that can have the spore moving at up to 1 metre per second, although air drag quickly slows it down.

The field imparts particles with mass by exerting a sort of drag on them, slowing them down much like a human being slows down when she tries to walk through water instead of air.

That effectively lowers air pressure on the upper surface, lowering drag and generating extra lift (Journal of Thermal Biology, doi.org/f96ggw).

As you drag the air downward, you create rotation and antirotation in different parts of the storm, and that seems to occur around the time of tornadogenesis.

He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dimples on a golf ball reduce air drag.

Ever since the 1940s, physicists have described the movement of slender structures through fluids — such as a jump rope through air — as a flat plane whose speed is limited by drag.

That thin layer of turbulence acts as a lubricant that allows the rest of the air to flow smoothly all the way around the ball, minimizing the size of the turbulent wake and the drag — a phenomenon known as the drag crisis.

«The whole atmosphere is kind of being dragged by the planet as the planet rotates, so all this air has some ambient angular momentum,» O'Neill explains.

As you rotate your hand in the air stream, you vary the amount and direction of the lift and drag forces acting on your hand.

Coaches have said in the past that swimmers should lift their bodies out of the water because air has less drag.

The drag coefficient is coded into the game's software to simulate air resistance, which greatly affects the pace at which an object rises and falls in the shape of a parabola.

It will also be a test of the spacecraft's endurance as it drags itself through the planet's thick air, which will provide valuable data for future interplanetary missions.

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«The Post,» by contrast, seems to be set in some fetishistic museum - piece re-creation of the»70s, with every drag on a cigarette calling too much attention to itself (yes, a lot of people smoked — but where's the smoky air hanging in the rooms?)

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Air curtains route air from in front of each wheel arch, passing it around the outside face of the wheel during cruising, helping to reduce drag (Acura employs similar tricks on its NSX supercaAir curtains route air from in front of each wheel arch, passing it around the outside face of the wheel during cruising, helping to reduce drag (Acura employs similar tricks on its NSX supercaair from in front of each wheel arch, passing it around the outside face of the wheel during cruising, helping to reduce drag (Acura employs similar tricks on its NSX supercar).

Comparing the front end of the new R18 with last year's car, the most obvious difference are the bigger dive planes, as well as huge air inlets on the front wheel arches, the latter in an attempt to reduce aerodynamic drag.

Stair and his wife, Katrina, restored it a few years back to include a couple of large garages, which he seems intent on filling with old Chevrolets, including a one - owner 1957 Bel Air coupe, a ’69 Impala convertible, a ’70 Chevelle with an LS7, a 2007 Z06, and, with a friend, a 2012 Camaro SS that's supercharged for drag racing.

The front's sharp corners reduce drag, a massing volume on the side results in a substantial «shoulder,» and the wee lick of a rear spoiler lets the last draggy air detach after just 106.1 inches of engagement.

These three wonderfully striking concept cars were created as a joint venture between Alfa Romeo and the storied design house Bertone, designed to cut through the air with the least amount of drag possible.

With the front windows open, there is enough pressure to push the air out away from the windows to give the feeling of less drag.

Part of this low, 0.22 coefficient of drag is created using a new «Active Air Stream Kidney Grille» that is able to open the lower air intakes and grille elements when cooling is requirAir Stream Kidney Grille» that is able to open the lower air intakes and grille elements when cooling is requirair intakes and grille elements when cooling is required.

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To adjust the vanes of the center air vents, you have to access a separate menu and drag your finger around on a screen to change the louvers.

The 2012 GT - R slips through the air with a coefficient of drag of just 0.26, down from 0.27, with a claimed improvement in downforce of ten percent.

Active shutters on the brake cooling ducts help reduce drag, while the so - called «Aero Bridge» scoops, located between the front - wheel arches and the cowl, channel air from the front of the car to its sides.

Cutting drag further are air outlets behind and on top of the front wheel arches that reduce pressure in the engine compartment.

The concept's computed 0.22 coefficient of drag is now 0.26, the taillights are part of the air channel rather than being hung in the flux through that channel, and, of course, the once - transparent sides are properly opaque.

Its multi-functional rear spoiler can switch to low - drag mode at high speed, support cornering stability by means of downforce - enhancing air blades on both sides, adjust the front - to - rear aerodynamic balance, and act as an air brake.

Air - pressure forces a pair of horizontal flaps above the splitter to open at speeds greater than 106 mph to reduce drag.

Smith pointed out a number of notches, strakes, and intakes on the hood, fenders, and along the underbody and rear of the crossover that are designed to optimize air flow and reduce drag on the F - Pace SVR.

The four front air intakes not only help reduce drag and lift in concert with the turbulence - fighting side gills and rear diffuser, but they also work to meet the increased cooling needs of the eight - speed automatic transmission, high - performance ventilated brakes with cross-drilled rotors, and revised 4.4 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 engine.

In so - called Speed mode (or when the drive mode is set to Sport +), the two outer parts of the front spoilers extend to send air around the body, which has the dual effect of reducing front axle lift and pulling air beneath the rear, stabilizing the tail and enabling a low drag setting for better efficiency and higher top speeds.

This fast moving air helps creates downforce without the unwanted side effect of drag, something external wings and spoilers tend to create.

Having said that, the little carbon winglets at the front — which channel air over the low - drag wishbones, and in combination with the «cats tongue» outlet in the top of the nose cone reduce lift at speed — are very cool.

Aerodynamic technology features heavily, too, with the car's main air intakes — positioned either side of the front grille and ahead of the rear wheels — opening and closing as required, meaning they can be closed flush under most circumstances to provide a lower, slipperier and more efficient drag coefficient.

AMG says the hood's air outlet helps dissipate engine heat, increases front - axle downforce and improves coefficient of drag.

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