Sentence examples for cause drag from inspiring English sources

"In space there are still some particles that impact the spacecraft and cause drag," Mr. Hill said.

A spaceship could have the wings needed to land on the ground, but they could be hinged, and rotate, like oversized air flaps: this would cause drag, the way the feathers on a shuttlecock do, and would set the craft at a stable, belly-first angle on reëntry.

That's because the bands cause drag as penguins swim, and they are unable to gather food as efficiently for themselves or their chicks, said Claire Saraux, the study's lead author and a biologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research and the University of Strasbourg.

It is also installing stern flaps on its amphibious vehicles that can reduce fuel use by 2-3%, andevelopingng better coatings to prevent the growth of algae and barnacles on hulls that cause drag and increase fuel consumption.In October the USS Makin Island, an amphibious assault ship, was the first of 12 hybrid-powered ships to take to the water.

A limited pool of talent and funding also causes drag on the sector.

How long it could stay there depends on sunspot activity, which bloats the atmosphere, causing drag on the telescope.

Burt asked Tonya to think of the way a badminton shuttlecock falls: how it always falls in the same position, and falls slowly, its feathers causing drag.

Assisted by instruments that can track in fine detail how parcels of fluid move, and by low-cost computers that can crunch vast amounts of data quickly, researchers have found hidden structures beyond Monterey Bay, structures that explain why aircraft meet unexpected turbulence, why the air flow around a car causes drag and how blood pumps from the heart's ventricles.

Experiments show that water causes drag and a significant loss of power occurs during grinding.

"Even before the race you are sewing up everything so nothing on your suit is flapping in the wind and causing drag.

Le Maho and his colleagues believe that these ill effects are the result of the bands causing drag when the penguins swim.