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FLUID MECHANICS                                                                   163

          Drag codficieats for various bodies (continued)

          Shape                  L
                                 -
                                  d      Cd                 A        Arrangement
          (a) Cube flow on face          1 .os    100       d2












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          (b) Cube flow on edge














          Sphere                         0.45      < 20     nd2
                                                            -
                                         0.20      > 20      4









          Long elliptical section   8    0.24
                                  4      0.32
                                   2     0.46     10
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