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D'ALEMBERTS PARADOX [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
OBS

No forces act on a body moving at constant velocity in a straight line through a large mass of incompressible, inviscid fluid which was initially at rest (or in uniform motion).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
CONT

La proposition célèbre connue sous le nom de paradoxe de l'Alembert affirmait [...] qu'un corps se déplaçant dans un fluide parfait [...] ne devrait éprouver aucune résistance à l'avancement.

Spanish

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