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Wait... what? Air viscosity increases with increasing temperature?
How do we reconcile the following two viewpoints?
Air viscosity increases with increasing temperature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscos...osity_of_a_gas Drag is linearly dependent on density so if you heat the air by 1%, density decreases by 1% and drag also drops by 1%. https://www.physicsforums.com/thread...e-drag.804563/ So which is it? Does hotter air increase air viscosity (and thus drag), or does hotter air decrease air density (and thus drag)? |
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Both statements are true, it's just that the density effect is much larger than the viscosity effect. |
Yup, I see that now. Is there a temperature above which this happens, or does it happen all the time? I saw an equation on the Wikipedia web page, but it wasn't clear to me.
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We're not interested in 'viscosity',although 'density' is an issue if you want to drive yourself mad. |
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