d'Alembert's paradox
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Observed in 1752 by French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert.
Proper noun
[edit]d'Alembert's paradox
- (fluid dynamics) The contradiction that, for incompressible and inviscid potential flow, the drag force is zero on a body moving with constant velocity relative to the fluid.