On a cruise ship, passengers complain about the amount of smoke that becomes entrained behind the cylindrical smoke stack. You have been hired to study the flow pattern around the stack, and have decided to use a 1:15 scale model of the 15-ft smoke stack. What range of wind tunnel speeds could you use if the ship speed for which the problem occurs is 12 to 24 knots?
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