profile drag

(General Physics) the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid

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Since the Yi Model requires, in addition to other input variables, the profile drag coefficient, this, in turn, needs to be calculated for the type of vegetation.

Observing and Modeling the Vertical Wind Profile at Multiple Sites in and above the Amazon Rain Forest Canopy

There are other forms of drag, which are collectively known as parasite or profile drag; this drag is created by the friction of the object moving through the air.

Experimental investigation of a wing-in-ground effect craft

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