Talk:Trailing edge

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The phrase "trailing edge" is also used in electronics to describe the down-going part of a signal. 192.249.47.180 (talk) 21:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you can cite a reference for that we can add it! - Ahunt (talk) 01:42, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Additional notation/explanation warranted in 1st paragraph

Re: This beginning paragraph needs attention: “ The trailing edge of an aerodynamic surface such as a wing is its rear edge, where the airflow separated by the leading edge rejoins.”

I’m not an aeronautical engineer, but there’s much evidence to suggest that the air at the ‘trailing edge‘ is not the same air molecules from the leading edge, thus it doesn’t ‘rejoin’.

Many aeronautical scholars, as well as NASA’s aerodynamic page instruct that the fluid dynamics prove that the same air molecules do not ‘Meetup’ at the trailing edge; as the air above the wing is moving faster than under the wing. This has been proven and shown in wind tunnel testing using smoke.

If anyone who’s an aeronautical or aerodynamic engineer can please add a notation or further explain this in reference to this article would be greatly appreciated.

I’d do it, but I’m not that advanced to get into the particulars. I only have a fundamental understanding of wing dynamics and forces.

Best Regards, Dave - gto3deuces@gmail.com GTO3DEUCES (talk) 01:57, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quite true,

Fixed. - Ahunt (talk) 02:05, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]