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Old   December 9, 2008, 02:04
Default drag force in flow over a cylinder
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Dear Sir,

Does anyone know how to find the drag coefficient for flow over a square prism?
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Old   December 13, 2008, 17:59
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Are you using a numerical code ? If that is the case you can integrate over the surface of the prism and computer the lift and drag force. See any fluid mechanics book.
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