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Old 24th Jul 2012, 21:10
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awblain
 
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I think Boguing is entirely right.

That picture you posted is wrong - after the air has passed the rotating cylinder its net direction is at a downward angle to the horizontal. There's an upward force on the rotating cylinder, so there's a downward force on the air. The bunching up of the streamlines is weird too: when the flow speed increases, and density remains the same, the transverse separation of the streamlines is less.
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