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  2. Rotation around a fixed axis - Wikipedia

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    The angular acceleration is caused by the torque, which can have a positive or negative value in accordance with the convention of positive and negative angular frequency. The relationship between torque and angular acceleration (how difficult it is to start, stop, or otherwise change rotation) is given by the moment of inertia : τ = I α ...

  3. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    This is an exponential growth or decay, depending on whether the coefficient of is positive or negative. The denominator is usually negative, which requires > (both products are positive). This is in direct conflict with the Dutch roll stability requirement, and it is difficult to design an aircraft for which both the Dutch roll and spiral mode ...

  4. Yaw (rotation) - Wikipedia

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    The four possible solution types are presented in the figure. The only satisfactory solution requires both stiffness and damping to be positive. If the centre of gravity is ahead of the centre of the wheelbase (>), this will always be positive, and the vehicle will be stable at all speeds. However, if it lies further aft, the term has the ...

  5. g-force - Wikipedia

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    While acceleration is a vector quantity, g-force accelerations ("g-forces" for short) are often expressed as a scalar, based on the vector magnitude, with positive g-forces pointing downward (indicating upward acceleration), and negative g-forces pointing upward. Thus, a g-force is a vector of acceleration.

  6. Load factor (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    The use of g units refers to the fact that an observer on board an aircraft will experience an apparent acceleration of gravity (i.e. relative to their frame of reference) equal to load factor times the acceleration of gravity. For example, an observer on board an aircraft performing a turn with a load factor of 2 (i.e. a 2 g turn) will see ...

  7. Kinematics - Wikipedia

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    The formula for the acceleration A P can now be obtained as: = ˙ + + (), or = / + / +, where α is the angular acceleration vector obtained from the derivative of the angular velocity vector; / =, is the relative position vector (the position of P relative to the origin O of the moving frame M); and = ¨ is the acceleration of the origin of ...

  8. Stability derivatives - Wikipedia

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    is the static margin and must be negative for longitudinal static stability. Alternatively, positive angle of attack must generate positive yawing moment on a statically stable missile, i.e. must be positive. It is common practice to design manoeuvrable missiles with near zero static margin (i.e. neutral static stability).

  9. Angular acceleration - Wikipedia

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    In physics, angular acceleration (symbol α, alpha) is the time rate of change of angular velocity.Following the two types of angular velocity, spin angular velocity and orbital angular velocity, the respective types of angular acceleration are: spin angular acceleration, involving a rigid body about an axis of rotation intersecting the body's centroid; and orbital angular acceleration ...