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Coanda effect or wall-attachment effect, the tendency of a moving fluid, either liquid or gas, to attach itself to a surface and flow along it. As a fluid moves across a surface a certain amount of friction (called "skin friction") occurs between the fluid and the surface, which tends to slow the moving fluid. This resistance to the flow of the fluid pulls the fluid towards the surface, causing it stick to the surface. Thus, a fluid emerging from a nozzle tends to follow a nearby curved surface—even to the point of bending around corners—if the curvature of the surface or the angle the surface makes with the stream is not too sharp. Discovered in 1930 by Henri Coanda, a Romanian aircraft engineer, the phenomenon has many practical applications in fluidics fluidics, branch of engineering and technology concerned with the development of equivalents of various electronic circuits using movements of fluid rather than movements of electric charge.
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Coanda effect [kō′an·də i′fekt]

(fluid mechanics)

The tendency of a gas or liquid coming out of a jet to travel close to the wall contour even if the wall's direction of curvature is away from the jet's axis; a factor in the operation of a fluidic element.

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According to Piper vice-president of engineering, John Becker, engineers are now experimenting using a Coanda effect device that would channel the jet's exhaust in an appropriate direction to reduce nose-down moment created by adding power and nose-up trim changes when decreasing power.

Travel Safety Update - North America by Airguide Online

Due to the coanda effect the supply air sticks to the ceiling and then goes down along the sidewalls.

Improvement of facial humidity and reduction of pollutant inhalation ... by Naiping, Gao; Jianlei, Niu / ASHRAE Transactions

EverClear also features a unique four-way Coanda effect.

Providing a Cleaner Environment with Air Filtration Tools by Dave Text / Home based business community