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MetroMPG · 12-04-2008, 09:59 AM

Maybe you're seeing the effects of a thickening boundary layer, but it's highly unlikely you have significant flow separation, even from the weatherstripping.

I have a feeling we're just talking at cross purposes over a definition.

Head to Wikipedia or search EM for distinctions between laminar vs. turbulent vs. separated flows.

It's important to get the terminology right or it muddies the waters of the discussion.

12-04-2008, 09:59 AM	#24 (permalink)
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