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Old 01-30-2012, 07:58 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
I don't think we could ever see Reynolds numbers that low with cars.By 20 mph Rn is in the millions already.
People have already done it with air speeds up above mach one and thus higher Reynolds numbers.

There is a paper on it but I can't find a free version

AIAA 6th Aerospace Sciences Meeting " Electroaerodynamics in supersonic flow" by M.S.Cahn and G.M.Andrew from Northrop Coporation - N°68-24 January 22-24, 1968.
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