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A Nomenclature for “Resistance Derivatives”

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IT is evident from Mr. Bairstow's National Physical Laboratory papers that the notion of “resistance derivatives” is likely to play a permanent part in the experimental study of aeroplane motions, as well as in the theoretical rigid dynamics associated with them. It therefore becomes important to have a uniform nomenclature for these quantities which shall be independent of the choice of axes, and thus free from any possible ambiguity or source of difficulty.

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BRYAN, G. A Nomenclature for “Resistance Derivatives” . Nature 98, 189–190 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098189c0

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