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Old 14th March 2004 | 06:45
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mstram
 
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>Further downstream the exhaust will diverge at about 7 degrees.
I don't know if this would hold up for 300m, but if it did the jet would be over 30m in diameter, so about 400 times the area at source and so 1/400th the velocity.

If, hypothetically the exhaust did *NOT* diverge, what would the calculation be to determine the distance where the velocity drops to zero ? Just approximately would be interesting enough for me.

I'm guessing that the air density / viscosity would be part of the calculation and probably the friction over the ground. What if we ignore the friction over the ground ? .. is it just a question of the velociity, viscosity, density all part of some kind of formula ?

Mike
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