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Old 18th Oct 2012, 20:12
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"As an aircraft moves through the air, a static pressure disturbance is generated in the air, producing a static pressure field around the aircraft."
Some thoughts..
As you probably are familiar with the bernoulli effect (Pt=Ps+Pd), the distribution of dynamic and static pressure over a moving surface depends on many variables (aoa, airflow angle, camber, material, etc.) f.ex. at the stagnation point of a wing the dynamic pressure will be 0 and the static equal to Total! So the a/c form can interfere with the ''normal'' airflow and that will cause pressure disturbances, mostly increased static pressure because of the deceleration of the air molecules that come in contact with the airframe . At subsonic speeds the air is thought to be isentropic, meaning that it can adiabatically change state (Kinetic to Potential energy without heating loss and vice versa). At supersonic speeds and above (I think even transonic), the air can not longer be seen as an isentropic, incompressible fluid and that means it will produce an error that will affect Total pressure readings!

Hope I didn't mess it up!
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