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← ScienceWhich risk rapidly increases amid aerodynamic surfaces approaching stall?
A)Uncontrolled transition to turbulent flow✓
B)Decrease in boundary layer thickness
C)Elevation of static pressure limits
D)Increase in laminar flow stability
💡 Explanation
Approaching stall creates adverse pressure gradients driving sudden changes in the boundary layer, which initiates an uncontrolled transition to turbulent flow, because stall greatly disrupts flow patterns. Therefore, turbulence elevates aerodynamic buffet, rather than increased laminar flow stability at stall.
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