d'Alembert's paradox en · PROPN
Etymology
Observed in 1752 by French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert.
Meanings
- The contradiction that, for incompressible and inviscid potential flow, the drag force is zero on a body moving with constant velocity relative to the fluid.
Forms
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