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Old 23rd Nov 2012, 12:03
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Bernoulli has absolutely nothing to do here. Like I said, gliding at constant speed is about energy dissipation. Bernouilli is a particular case of the energy conservation theorem, so they are incompatible things...

As for the conveyor belt, I have no idea! what is that?
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