As part of the 1976 bicentennial celebration, an enterprising group hung a giant American flag (194 mathrm{ft})

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As part of the 1976 bicentennial celebration, an enterprising group hung a giant American flag \(194 \mathrm{ft}\) high and \(367 \mathrm{ft}\) wide from the suspension cables of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. They apparently were reluctant to make holes in the flag to alleviate the wind force, and hence they effectively had a flat plate normal to the flow. The flag tore loose from its mountings when the wind speed reached \(10 \mathrm{mph}\). Estimate the wind force acting on the flag at this wind speed. Should they have been surprised that the flag blew down?

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Fox And McDonald's Introduction To Fluid Mechanics

ISBN: 9781118912652

9th Edition

Authors: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell

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