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Brian Whatcott
 
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Default push vs pull vis a vis rudders

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:47:47 GMT, L. M. Rappaport
wrote:

From: "Derek Rowell"



oops! He's a professor there!



Not surprising that he's offering an opinion on fluid dynamics.
While supersonic flow is studied more by aero engineers these
days, slow speed fluid flow is the province of mechanical engineers.

Take a look at "Fluid Mechanics" Fogiel/Cimbala
for an example.
Cimbala is Prof of Mech Eng at Penn State.

Brian W