File:Lifting line theory illustration (3).svg

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English: The vortex shed due to the span-wise change in lift on a wing can be represented as a velocity distribution perpendicular to the direction of flight.

The vortex causes upwash outboard, and downwash inboard of the considered element.

Part of a series of illustrations meant to illustrate the lifting-line theory.
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Author Olivier Cleynen
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15 August 2011

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