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Old 26th Jul 2012, 05:49
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john_tullamarine
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I was talking about ram effect

Understood .. but that is a secondary consideration.

The end result of the pressure distribution acting on ancilliary structure can produce a significant force on that structure. Include some clever design .. and one gets a lunch heavily subsidised by Mother Nature.

CliveL, djpil (and, no doubt, others whose specific backgrounds I am not familiar with) being experienced aerodynamicists .. can speak on such things for ever and a day, I'm sure.
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