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Old   August 2, 2003, 03:45
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hello fluent user,

i m doing a cfd of car and i wanted to determine the drag on car.For accurate estimation of power please tell me how i can determine the frontal projected area of car and what is the general formulae mostly used by the users. How accuately can fluent calculate the drag coefficient.

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