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Old 03-31-2009, 01:04 PM   #21 (permalink)
Shawn D.
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Originally Posted by hummingbird View Post
It is good to note that the 'compressibility' factor that makes the real difference about applicability of the area rule though. Thanks for pointing it out.

So the slow moving down to earth car should really be moving through a compressible fluid, rather than incompressible, right? Its the shockwave that makes it incompressible.
No, a slow moving down to earth car is moving through an incompressible fluid. The presence of a shock wave would mean that you are in compressible flow.

Compressible flow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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