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Old 04-10-2015, 02:08 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Rotating wheels effect on aero (CFD picture)
I was reading an article about aerodynamics this morning and stumbled upon this picture. I thought it was interesting enough to post it up.

Blue is low air speed, red is high air speed.


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