the part of a ship's hull forward of the middle body
Word origin
[1605–15; fore- + body]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classic, crater, gothic, package, surfacefore- is a prefix meaning “before” (in space, time, condition, etc.), “front,” “superior,”etc. Other words that use the affix fore- include: forecast, forecastle, forehead, foreman, foretell
Examples of 'forebody' in a sentence
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3 model ships have concave and straight forebody cross-sections, respectively.
Dong Jin Kim, Sun Young Kim, Young Jun You, Key Pyo Rhee, Seong Hwan Kim, Yeon GyuKim 2013, 'Design of high-speed planing hulls for the improvement of resistance and seakeepingperformance', International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineeringhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092678216303764. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An artificial perturbation was added onto the nose tip to fix the orientations of forebody vortices.
Ma Baofeng, Deng Xueying, Wang Bing 2016, 'Effects of wing locations on wing rock induced by forebody vortices', Chinese Journal of Aeronauticshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S100093611630098X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Afterwards, the collaborative relations are discussed for the changes in the lower forebody angle and elevon area.
Yanbin Liu, Yuping Lu 2015, 'Collaborative Deformation Design Using Control Integrated Analysis Methods for HypersonicWaverider', International Journal of Aerospace Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/510414. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, this meant that the forebody of the vehicle could solely be used as the compression surface by the scramjet.
Devendra Sen, Apostolos Pesyridis, Andrew Lenton 2018, 'A Scramjet Compression System for Hypersonic Air Transportation Vehicle Combined CycleEngines', Energieshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/6/1568. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)