Question: Consider the flow over a circular cylinder; the incompressible flow over such a cylinder is discussed in Sec. 3.13. Consider also the flow over a

Consider the flow over a circular cylinder; the incompressible flow over such a cylinder is discussed in Sec. 3.13. Consider also the flow over a sphere; the incompressible flow over a sphere is described in Sec. 6.4. The subsonic compressible flow over both the cylinder and the sphere is qualitatively similar but quantitatively different from their incompressible counterparts. Indeed, because of the "bluntness" of these bodies, their critical Mach numbers are relatively low. In particular: For a cylinder: MCГ = 0.404 for a sphere: MCГ = 0.57 Explain on a physical basis why the sphere has a higher MCГ than the cylinder.

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