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body of revolution

[′bäd·ē əv rev·ə′lü·shən]
(mathematics)
A symmetrical body having the form described by rotating a plane curve about an axis in its plane.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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But in any case (5) is a reliable estimate for the minimum possible drag on a rigid body of revolution.
In the previous section it has been shown that the boundary layer around a slender body of revolution can be reduced to that on a plate with the use of the Mangler-Stepanov transformation.
Since for laminar attached flow on a slender body of revolution [C.sub.V] is independent of the shape (see (5)), the hull shape maybe arbitrary provided it ensures a laminar attached flow.
The profile NACA-66 was chosen for the shape of this body of revolution; its parameters were L/D = 3.33; D = 0.48 m; L = 1.6 m; V = 0.159 [m.sup.3].
The volumetric drag coefficient of an ideal laminar unseparated body of revolution with a prescribed volume is independent of the shape and can be calculated from expression (5), which can be a rather good estimate of the drag on the best-shaped fish.
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Mittra, "A fast near-to-far-field transformation in body of revolution finite-difference time-domain method," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol.
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