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Old 12-04-2020, 02:17 PM   #219 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar View Post
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.
I the very brief fluid mechanics literature, concerning Newtonian physics, there is no mention of Henri Coanda. A satisfactory explanation for the phenomena of a fluid following a convex profile has a fully-vetted logic and history which has no need of a 'Coanda Effect' to affect an understanding.
It's bizarre that Dr. Wolf would waste a comment on it. Although, some PhDs I know, say that it's no big thing to be a PhD. One can be completely wrong in the doctoral dissertation and still receive the degree.
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