What is the effect of streamlining on (a) friction drag and (b) pressure drag? Does the total drag acting on a body necessarily decrease as a result of streamlining? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
As a result of streamlining, (a) friction drag increases, (b) pressure drag decreases, and (c) total drag decreases at high Reynolds numbers (the general case), but increases at very low Reynolds numbers since the friction drag dominates at low Reynolds numbers.
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