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To: RedBloodedAmerican

Can't be zero: You have for example, a 1 ft by 1 ft column in flowing water, perhaps 12 feet deep.

That's got to be calculable for water resistance on a resistance per foot length basis.


7 posted on 05/04/2006 7:32:59 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

There's also material, thickness and shape to consider. Is it a perfect square, how thick is it and what's the material? Density plays a role in drag/resistance.


9 posted on 05/04/2006 7:34:11 PM PDT by AlaninSA ("Beware the fury of a patient man." - John Dryden)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

yea zero doesnt make sense. I must have remembered the formula wrong, or maybe the wrong formula! Would it be drag coefficient?


12 posted on 05/04/2006 7:40:39 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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