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Old 07-21-2008, 04:23 PM   #82 (permalink)
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Ok, I reworked the numbers and came up with 494,000 for 60mph. My discrepancy is that we have been using a diameter for characteristic length. That is ok for tubes, but for flow over a flat plate, the characteristic length is the car's length. Am I wrong?
Can you put it in more context? Is the 494,000 for your car or "all" standard-issue passenger cars? If it is special for your car, what would other numbers be for other cars of different length?

Edit: Can you show the whole equation?

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