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Old 12-03-2020, 02:50 AM   #195 (permalink)
JulianEdgar
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Galloping goalposts!

Speaking for myself, not "the forum", I seek an intuitive understanding of the clutching fingers of air that retard a car's progress. 4) gets extra credit for using 'exoduct'.
I don't think that intuition is a good approach to learning about anything much.

In car aero, the Coanda Effect is primarily used to describe the tendency of a stream of fluid to follow the contours of a convex surface rather than continue moving in a straight line.

It is therefore present on all normal cars.
 
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