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  • But the airstream then follows the curving upper surface of the wing because of a phenomenon known as the Coanda effect.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • But the airstream then follows the curving upper surface of the wing because of a phenomenon known as the Coanda effect.

    [flight theory] and its application to sailing 2009

  • But MIT has overcome the mathematical impossibility through both its innovative design as well as something called the Coanda effect.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

  • But MIT has overcome the mathematical impossibility through both its innovative design as well as something called the Coanda effect.

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2009

  • But MIT has overcome the mathematical impossibility through both its innovative design as well as something called the Coanda effect.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

  • I believe he using the Coanda Effect here .... mostly cajun

    Bladeless Fan by James Dyson » E-Mail 2009

  • I believe he using the Coanda Effect here .... mostly cajun

    Bladeless Fan by James Dyson 2009

  • The next time your coffee dribbles down the side of the pitcher when you poured too slowly, blame it on the Coanda effect.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • The Coanda effect is the result (i.e. air follows the wing's top surface) but air pressure is the means to achieve that result (i.e. a low pressure region must form above the wing in order for the airstream to arc inward and follow the plane's top surface).

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Because of the Coanda effect, the upper airstream now has to bend inward to follow the wing's upper surface.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

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