
Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 8, Problem 35RQ
Airspeed (v) is related to dynamic pressure using the following formula: Pdynamic = 1/2ρv2. Determine the dynamic pressure, in units of pascals [Pa], for an aircraft moving at an airspeed of 600 miles per hour [mi/h or mph]. Air has a specific gravity of 0.0012.
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