Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
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ISBN: 9781259696534
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., John M. Cimbala
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 120P
The region of flow trailing the body where the effects of the body are felt is called
(a) Wake
(b) Separated region
(c) Stall
(d) Vortice
(e) Irrotational
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