Fluid flows past a flat plate with a drag force (mathscr{D}_{1}). If the freestream velocity is doubled,

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Fluid flows past a flat plate with a drag force \(\mathscr{D}_{1}\). If the freestream velocity is doubled, will the new drag force, \(\mathscr{D}_{2}\), be larger or smaller than \(\mathscr{D}_{1}\) and by what amount?

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Munson Young And Okiishi's Fundamentals Of Fluid Mechanics

ISBN: 9781119080701

8th Edition

Authors: Philip M. Gerhart, Andrew L. Gerhart, John I. Hochstein

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