Camber
Camber
California State Route 125
<b>Camber</b> may refer to:<ul><li> <a href="Camber, East Sussex">Camber, East Sussex</a>, a <a href="Seaside resort">Seaside resort</a> in England, near to <a href="Camber Sands">Camber Sands</a>. </ul><ul><li> Royal Camber Lawn Tennis Club - <a href="Dulwich">Dulwich</a> Village Tennis Club in <a href="London">London</a> </ul><p>Camber also has slightly different meanings in different technical fields:<ul><li>See <a href="Camber angle">Camber angle</a> for the use of the term in automobile technology </ul><ul><li>In aeronautical engineering <b>camber</b> is the asymmetry between the top and the bottom curves of an <a href="Airfoil">aerofoil</a>. Cambered aerofoils generate lift at positive, zero, or even small negative <a href="Angle of attack">Angle of attack</a>, whereas a symmetric aerofoil only has lift at positive angles of attack. </ul><ul><li>In road construction <b>camber</b> is a measure of the convex curvature of a road. </ul><ul><li>In <a href="Architecture">Architecture</a> and building <a href="Construction">Construction</a> <b>camber</b> is an upward curvature of the a <a href="Joist">Joist</a> or joist girder intended to compensate for deflection due to loading conditions. </ul><ul><li>In <a href="Cross-country skiing">cross country skiing</a>, <b>camber</b> refers to the amount of curve in the base of a ski (cross country skis are generally not flat). </ul><ul><li>In <a href="Music">Music</a>, <b>camber</b> refers to the curvature of a <a href="Bow (music)">bow</a> used to play certain <a href="String instrument">string instruments</a>. </ul><p><b><a href="Camber of Culdi">Camber</a></b> is also the name of a prominent character in the fictional series of <a href="Deryni novels">Deryni novels</a>.