shock stalling

English

Etymology

From shock stall +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒk ˌstɔːlɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑk ˌstɔlɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: shock stall‧ing

Noun

shock stalling (plural shock stallings)

1. (aviation) gerund of shock stall: the situation of undergoing a shock stall.
   • 1938, The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, volume 42, London: Royal Aeronautical Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 226:

     That, of course, was perfectly true if one had the shock-stall over the complete aeroplane, but it seemed to him that the whole point of their study was to find out the causes of shock[-]stalling over small portions of the aeroplane, [...]

   • 1951, staff of the RAE [Royal Aircraft Establishment] High Speed Wind Tunnel, High Speed Wind Tunnel Tests on Models of Two Jet-propelled Fighters (Meteor and Vampire) (Aeronautical Research Council Reports and Memoranda; no. 2504), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, →OCLC, page 35:

     When the wing shock stalls, the lift gradient $a$ falls and, if no shock stalling occurs on the tail plane, the term ${\frac {a_{1}{\bar {V}}}{a}}$ increases, thus increasing the tail plane contribution to stability.

   • 1971, G[rigori] A[leksandrovich] Tokaty, A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: G. T. Foulis & Co., →OCLC, page 220; reprinted New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1994, →ISBN, page 220:

     Sometimes the pilot finds that his elevator or rudder is utterly ineffective. He moves the stick or the rudder pedals, but the aircraft fails to respond. This can be explained by the shock stalling of the fixed horizontal or vertical surfaces, in the presence of which the control surface moves in the wake and has no effect.

Verb

shock stalling

1. present participle and gerund of shock stall