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Old 02-04-2013, 05:10 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by shovel View Post
I was doing some acoustics work (horn design) a few days ago and, being aware that acoustics and aerodynamics are effectively the same as each other, it occurred to me that there could be some benefit to applying capacitance to the wake area of a vehicle moving through air.
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Wait, wait wait...

Does a resonator create capacitance?

Wouldn't a resonator actually be in phase with, and simply reinforce the amplitude of the vortex in the wake?

I accepted this without really thinking about it, sorry.
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