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    Airdrop (redirect from Low-velocity airdrop)
    Low-Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) is a variation of the high-velocity drop in which aircraft come close to carrying out a touch-and-go landing...
    9 KB (1,096 words) - 01:07, 14 May 2024
  • pressure drop. High flow velocities or high fluid viscosities result in a larger pressure drop across a pipe section, valve, or elbow joint. Low velocity will...
    6 KB (649 words) - 21:25, 16 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Terminal velocity
    Terminal velocity is the maximum speed attainable by an object as it falls through a fluid (air is the most common example). It is reached when the sum...
    18 KB (2,600 words) - 15:40, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for .22 Long Rifle
    the standard high-velocity .22LR with a 40 gr (2.6 g) bullet has a 2.7-inch (69 mm) rise at 50 yards (46 m), and a 10.8-inch (27 cm) drop at 150 yards...
    40 KB (4,756 words) - 22:11, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oil drop experiment
    drop. The drop is allowed to fall and its terminal velocity v1 in the absence of an electric field is calculated. The drag force acting on the drop can...
    24 KB (3,090 words) - 18:41, 12 September 2024
  • total enthalpy drop and hence the pressure drop occurs in the nozzle. Hence, the pressure thereafter remains constant. This high velocity steam is directed...
    14 KB (2,102 words) - 05:22, 16 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drop impact
    mostly upon the drop size, velocity, surface tension, viscosity, and also upon the surface roughness and the contact angle between the drop and the surface...
    12 KB (1,653 words) - 05:18, 9 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prince Rupert's drop
    bifurcates after it reaches a critical velocity of 1,450–1,900 metres per second (3,200–4,300 mph). Given these high speeds, the disintegration process due...
    20 KB (2,334 words) - 00:27, 5 September 2024
  • to generate high-velocity of the fluid by causing it to expand through a large pressure drop in the nozzle blade row. This high-velocity fluid then transfers...
    9 KB (1,191 words) - 19:59, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spray (liquid drop)
    applications is often completely dependent on factors such as drop size and spray velocity. Evaporation, cooling rates for gases and solids, and cleaning...
    25 KB (3,813 words) - 07:14, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Armour-piercing ammunition
    but dense penetrating body within a larger shell, firing at a very high muzzle velocity. Modern penetrators are long rods of dense material like tungsten...
    41 KB (5,314 words) - 16:21, 15 July 2024
  • of the fluid drop. On the other hand, this theory suggested by Vonnegut, is restricted with the rotational velocity. The spinning drop method is not...
    6 KB (972 words) - 10:18, 22 March 2023
  • it to drop from the line-of-sight. Drag, or the air resistance, decelerates the projectile with a force proportional to the square of the velocity. Wind...
    109 KB (13,571 words) - 06:38, 12 September 2024
  • pressure loss, due to friction along a given length of pipe to the average velocity of the fluid flow for an incompressible fluid. The equation is named after...
    40 KB (5,126 words) - 07:04, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pressure compounding in turbines
    pressure drops and velocity increases. The high-velocity jet steam is directed onto the first moving blades, wherein nearly all of its velocity is absorbed....
    2 KB (281 words) - 06:47, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for High-altitude military parachuting
    designated drop zone. In a typical HALO exercise, the parachutist will jump from the aircraft, free-fall for a period of time at terminal velocity, and open...
    20 KB (2,375 words) - 03:45, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Low-velocity zone
    seismic shear wave velocity compared to the surrounding depth intervals. This range of depths also corresponds to anomalously high electrical conductivity...
    8 KB (936 words) - 18:20, 5 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Areal velocity
    In classical mechanics, areal velocity (also called sector velocity or sectorial velocity) is a pseudovector whose length equals the rate of change at...
    10 KB (1,265 words) - 05:02, 2 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Spray nozzle
    type of spray nozzle utilizes high frequency (20–180 kHz) vibration to produce narrow drop-size distribution and low velocity spray from a liquid. The vibration...
    15 KB (2,048 words) - 13:51, 7 April 2024
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    Fastball (section Velocity)
    same pitch. Differences in arm slot, spin, and velocity cause some sinkers to exhibit more vertical 'drop' or 'sink', while others 'run' or move more horizontally...
    19 KB (1,877 words) - 05:33, 7 August 2024
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