Examples of Drag
Examples of drag include the component of the net aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force acting opposite to the direction of the movement of the solid object relative to the Earth as for cars, aircraft and boat hulls; or acting in the same geographical direction of motion as the solid, as for a sails on a down wind sail boat, or in intermediate directions on a sail depending on points of sail. In the case of viscous drag of fluid in a pipe, drag force on the immobile pipe decreases fluid velocity relative to the pipe.
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