Question: Discuss whether the following flows are steady or unsteady: (a) Flow near an automobile moving at 55 m/h; (b) Flow of the wind past a

Discuss whether the following flows are steady or unsteady:
(a) Flow near an automobile moving at 55 m/h;
(b) Flow of the wind past a water tower;
(c) Flow in a pipe as the downstream valve is opened at a uniform rate;
(d) River flow over a spillway of a dam; and
(e) Flow in the ocean beneath a series of uniform propagating surface waves.

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