also has slightly different meanings in different technical fields:
- See Camber Angle for the use of the term in automobile technology
- In steel industry term camber in rolls is used. Hot rolling uses positive camber. Rolls are concave shaped. cold rolling uses negative camber rolls are covex shaped.
- In aeronautical engineering is the asymmetry between the top and the bottom curves of an Aerofoil . Cambered aerofoils generate lift at positive, zero, or even small negative Angle Of Attack , whereas a symmetric aerofoil only has lift at positive angles of attack.
- In road construction is a measure of the convex curvature of a road.
- In Architecture and building Construction is an upward curvature of the a Joist or joist girder intended to compensate for deflection due to loading conditions.
- In Cross Country Skiing , refers to the amount of curve in the base of a ski (cross country skis are generally not flat).
- In Music , refers to the curvature of a Bow used to play certain String Instruments .
- Kamber
is also the name of a prominent character in the fictional series of Deryni Novels .
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