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Hi everyone,
I read on a website that the Bernoulli's expression can be applied to airplane wings by using the equation:
Difference in pressure above and below wing
= 1/2 x air density x [(airflow velocity below wing)^2 - (airflow velocity above wing)^2]
I tried using it but the units don't seem to add up correctly when I use the metric system (kg/m^3 for density, m/s for velocity).
The website uses (slugs/ft^3) for density, and (ft/s) for velocity.
Can anybody tell me if this equation is correct?
I read on a website that the Bernoulli's expression can be applied to airplane wings by using the equation:
Difference in pressure above and below wing
= 1/2 x air density x [(airflow velocity below wing)^2 - (airflow velocity above wing)^2]
I tried using it but the units don't seem to add up correctly when I use the metric system (kg/m^3 for density, m/s for velocity).
The website uses (slugs/ft^3) for density, and (ft/s) for velocity.
Can anybody tell me if this equation is correct?