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8.8.4 Pr<strong>of</strong>ile drag <strong>of</strong> two-dimensional bodies<br />

We recall that the skin friction and normal pressure drag together constitute<br />

the pr<strong>of</strong>ile drag and that this may be expressed in terms <strong>of</strong> the dimensionless<br />

drag coefficient CD = Pr<strong>of</strong>ile Drag ÷ 1<br />

2ϱu2 ∞A, where A is – usually – the<br />

projected area <strong>of</strong> the body perpendicular to the oncoming flow. Both skinfriction<br />

and normal pressure drag depend on Reynolds number, so CD is a<br />

function <strong>of</strong> Re. (Its value is also affected to some extent by the roughness <strong>of</strong><br />

the surface and the degree <strong>of</strong> turbulence in the oncoming fluid.)<br />

Figure 8.13 shows the variation <strong>of</strong> CD with Reynolds number for a smooth,<br />

infinitely long, circular cylinder with its axis perpendicular to the flow. At<br />

very low values <strong>of</strong> Re (say

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