Lift
principle · 1738 · Early modern era
The force created when air flows around a wing.
Principles and materials it uses
- Venturi effect (Bernoulli’s principle) — uses. The pressure difference above and below the wing (simply put — Bernoulli).
Where it is used
- Hydrofoil — is used in. An underwater wing creates lift.
- Kite — is used in. A kite is held up by lift.
- Wing — is used in. A wing creates lift.
- Main rotor — is used in. The blades are rotating wings.
- Wind turbine — is used in. The blades are wings that create lift.
- Lateen sail — is used in. A fore-and-aft sail works like a wing.
- Boomerang — is used in. The blades are wings that create lift.
- Rear wing — is used in. Negative lift — downforce.
- Ship stabilizer — is used in. Side fins acting as wings.
- Flaps — is used in. More lift at low speed.
- Wind tunnel — is used in. Measuring lift.
- Paraglider — is used in. Lift.
- Aileron — is used in. It changes the lift of the wing.
- Hang glider — is used in. The lift of the wing.
What it is a kind of
- Ground effect — includes. A kind of lift.