Sentence examples for drag air from inspiring English sources

Strong updrafts promote the formation of rain, which can fall and drag air masses back down to the surface.

Even so, Dr Robertson says it is feasible to build electric aircraft provided they have efficient wings to provide lots of lift.In aerodynamic terms, lift is a function of weight, thrust and drag (air resistance).

In one is a giant mahogany fan with 600kg blades which would drag air at high speed across the void between them, into which aeroplanes and parts of planes would be inserted for testing.

The amount of dragged air and air supplied from the tunnel outlet was then calculated knowing the velocity distribution and the area of the air flow.

From calculation of the air flow along the tunnel at different conditions, an equation was developed for the velocity distribution of the dragged air over the free surface and the air supplied from the tunnel outlet.

For the rest of us still dragging air into our lungs.

This reduces drag, because air offers far less resistance than water.As the ship moves forward, the layer of air slides back and out from under the hull.

The result has been to drag warm air over Greenland causing melting on a much-increased scale.

This difference occurs as a result of the increased frictional drag on air flowing over built-up urban terrain, which is rougher than rural areas.

There is new emphasis across the auto industry on reducing cooling drag, from air pulled into the engine and radiator, Mr. Hunter said.

A spokeswoman for the Met Office said on Friday: "Last night saw northerly winds drag cold air from quite a long way north over the UK.