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Select the unmatched pair.(a) Pressure distribution: lift(b) Shear stress: skin-friction drag(c) Flow separation: form drag(d) Air pressure: pressure dragThis question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.This key question is from Viscous Flow in chapter Incompressible Flow over Airfoils of Aerodynamics

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Right OPTION is (d) Air pressure: pressure drag

The explanation: Lift is caused by the pressure distribution on the airfoil. The TWO WAYS drag is exerted is due to shear stress on the surface of the airfoil (SKIN – friction drag) and due to the flow separation (FORM drag, also called pressure drag).



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