See also: Wing (homonymy)

A wing is small a Aile; its role is not forcing to produce a Sustentation or a Appui S and thus often does not have a profile of wing, more usually it is only a Feuille punt of Métal or a Matériau appropriate to its function.

Heat transfer

One uses metal wings to increase the Surface of contact Thermique of the tube S of the Radiateur S.

Aérodynamisme

• One uses also ailerons in order to improve the Aérodynamisme of a Automobile. The wings, placed at strategic places, are charged to deviate part of the Flux with air circulating around the body.

• In the case of a plane, the vertical wings ( winglet in English) in end of wings make it possible to reduce the marginal Tourbillon and to thus decrease the induced Traînée.

Pumps and turbines

The term wings often indicates the paddle S of the Pompe S and the Turbine S.

Armor

• the wings form a part of an armor of the Moyen-âge.

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