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Table 7.2 gives a few data on drag, based on frontal area, of two-dimensional
bodies of various cross section, at Re $ 104. The sharp-edged bodies, which tend to
cause flow separation regardless of the character of the boundary layer, are insensitive
to the Reynolds number. The elliptic cylinders, being smoothly rounded, have the
Thin plate
1.6 1.7 normal to
a wall:
1.4
Half tube: Equilateral triangle:
1.2 1.6
Hexagon: