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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.






2. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.






3. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.






4. Control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing extending outward from the fuselage to the midpoint of each wing. Flaps can increase the lifting efficiency of the wing and decrease stall speed.






5. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.






6. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.






7. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.






8. Design machines that fly.






9. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.






10. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90






11. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.






12. A structure that creates up and down forces at the tail to keep the fuselage aligned in pitch with the relative wind. The structure itself is horizontal while the forces it creates are vertical.






13. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.






14. Aircraft stability is the characteristic of an airplane in flight that causes it to return to a condition of equilibrium - or steady flight - after it is disturbed.






15. A glider designed for sustained flight.






16. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.






17. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.






18. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.






19. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.






20. A built in twist in the wing so that the trailing edge at the wingtip is raised (Wash out) or lowered (Wash in). This significantly affects the slow flight and stall characteristics of the wing.






21. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.






22. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.






23. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.






24. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.






25. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.






26. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.






27. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.






28. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.






29. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.






30. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.






31. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.






32. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.






33. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.






34. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.






35. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.






36. The study or practice of travel through the air.






37. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.






38. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.






39. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.






40. A powered - aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator - uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift - can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely - can be expendable or recoverable - and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.






41. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.






42. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.






43. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.






44. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.






45. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.






46. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.






47. To set or thrust in motion.






48. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.






49. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.






50. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.