• Viscous drag of fluid in a pipe: Drag force on the immobile pipe decreases fluid velocity relative to the pipe. In the physics of sports, drag force is...
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    drag coefficient of Cd=0.30 was measured in a different tunnel it could be anywhere from Cd=0.285 to Cd=0.315. Automotive aerodynamics Drag (physics)...
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  • In fluid dynamics, the drag equation is a formula used to calculate the force of drag experienced by an object due to movement through a fully enclosing...
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    dynamic drag: skin friction and form drag. The drag coefficient of a lifting airfoil or hydrofoil also includes the effects of lift-induced drag. The drag coefficient...
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    Parasitic drag, also known as profile drag,: 254 : 256  is a type of aerodynamic drag that acts on any object when the object is moving through a fluid...
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  • Sălaj County, Romania Drag (Austin, Texas), the portion of Guadalupe Street adjacent to the University of Texas at Austin Drag (physics), the force which...
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  • Lift-induced drag, induced drag, vortex drag, or sometimes drag due to lift, in aerodynamics, is an aerodynamic drag force that occurs whenever a moving...
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    lift-to-drag ratio (or L/D ratio) is the lift generated by an aerodynamic body such as an aerofoil or aircraft, divided by the aerodynamic drag caused...
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    Aeronautics and Space Administration "Wave Drag Reduction with a Self-Aligning Aerodisk on a Missile Configuration" (PDF). Progress in Flight Physics...
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  • In aeronautics, wave drag is a component of the aerodynamic drag on aircraft wings and fuselage, propeller blade tips and projectiles moving at transonic...
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  • friction drag is a type of aerodynamic or hydrodynamic drag, which is resistant force exerted on an object moving in a fluid. Skin friction drag is caused...
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  • the zero-lift drag coefficient C D , 0 {\displaystyle C_{D,0}} is a dimensionless parameter which relates an aircraft's zero-lift drag force to its size...
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  • The drag-divergence Mach number (not to be confused with critical Mach number) is the Mach number at which the aerodynamic drag on an airfoil or airframe...
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  • The drag curve or drag polar is the relationship between the drag on an aircraft and other variables, such as lift, the coefficient of lift, angle-of-attack...
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  • of a body, and may refer to: Friction, during sliding and/or rolling Drag (physics), during movement through a fluid (see fluid dynamics) Normal force...
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    In fluid dynamics, drag crisis (also known as the Eiffel paradox) is a phenomenon in which drag coefficient drops off suddenly as Reynolds number increases...
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  • immigrants Streamline, a brand of the United States Playing Card Company Drag (physics) Process optimization Optimization (computer science) Rightsizing Streamlining...
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    discharges. A common usage of this discharge is in a plasma actuator for vehicle drag reduction. It is also widely used in the web treatment of fabrics. The application...
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  • Trim drag, denoted as Dm in the diagram, is the component of aerodynamic drag on an aircraft created by the flight control surfaces, mainly elevators and...
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  • Drag-reducing agents (DRA) or drag-reducing polymers (DRP) are additives in pipelines that reduce turbulence in a pipe. Usually used in petroleum pipelines...
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  • the drag force, ρ {\displaystyle \rho } the density of the fluid, and v {\displaystyle v} the speed of the object relative to the fluid. Drag (physics) Automobile...
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    (1983). "Maximum projectile range with drag and lift, with particular application to golf". American Journal of Physics. 51 (4): 357–362. Bibcode:1983AmJPh...
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  • net. Retrieved 2017-05-23. "White Paper on the CheyTac M200 system | Drag (Physics) | Rifle". Scribd. Retrieved 2021-05-07. "Kestrel® 4000 Pocket Weather...
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    conductor opposes an electric current through that conductor Friction Drag (physics) ("air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow Geological...
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  • The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed...
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  • barrier between the crankshaft and oil sump. Deflection (ballistics) Drag (physics) Xdot Engineering and Analysis with Computer Aided Engineering Associates...
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  • {\displaystyle v(\mathbf {x} )=\mu (\mathbf {x} )F(\mathbf {x} )} (see Drag (physics)). Now assume that there are a large number of such particles, with...
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    of most trompos means that mechanical whistles would cause excessive drag (physics) and reduce their spinning time. The Philippine trumpo differs in the...
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  • A drag count is a dimensionless unit used by aerospace engineers. 1 drag count is equal to a C d {\displaystyle C_{d}} of 0.0001. As the drag forces present...
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  • Flow resistance (category Physics articles needing expert attention)
    opposes the flow of an electric current through that conductor Friction Drag (physics) ("air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow The...
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