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Calculation of aerodynamic coefficient 'K' for a car based on its frontal area.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 161\1\  scan0156
Date  2nd August 1938 guessed
  
Frontal area of car 21.6 sq. ft.

K = .024 / 21.6 = .00110

Calculated K = .00086

Actual K is 28% higher than wind tunnel K but 40% lower
than previous streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E) car.


Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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