Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 7, Problem 41P
An airship is to operate at 20 m/s in air at standard conditions. A model is constructed to 1:20 scale and tested in a wind tunnel at the same air temperature to determine drag. What criterion should be considered to obtain dynamic similarity? If the model is tested at 75 m/s, what pressure should be used in the wind tunnel? If the model drag force is 250 N, what will be the drag of the prototype?
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