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Old 12-04-2008, 10:16 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
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 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.
so are you thinking that they are just in the way and creating drag when the flow hasn't seperated and created a lower pressure area, just a thicker (but still good) boundary layer? I'll admit to being sort of confused about that.
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