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Old 10-11-2012, 02:48 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
Christ, also, since the bullet is exceeding the speed of sound, isn't it essentially traveling "within" a air-cavitation area over most of it's (bullet) length?
'biundary layer the thickness of itself' yeah, basically. The step before super cavitation, really.
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