windward Betydning & definition

Eksempler på windward

• If she was a well-designed ship, better than her companions, then this process of luffing would eventually take her up to windward of the fleet.

• Such hills faced windward and therefore tended to be uncomfortably cold at all times.

• South: the door structure presents a windward impact front because of its vertical structure. 16g.

• Pottery to be fired is placed downwind, and brush or other materials are placed windward in the trench.

• The rugged relief supports marked local variations in rainfall between the windward (east) and leeward (west) sides.

• Note that, since the pressures acting on the windward side only are taken into account, there is a net pitching moment for 0" incidence.

• Accordingly, the predominantly east-facing sides of each island were designated as windward and the predominantly west-facing sides were designated as leeward.

• The flow along this axis of symmetry, weaker on the leeward than the windward side in relation to the source position, is in the nature of a thin circular jet.