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Old 03-20-2013, 06:46 PM
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Default Re: Drive by science

The similar shapes are not accidental at all, of course -- that's streamlining. If you're moving through a fluid (whether air or water), and you want to minimize resistance and drag-inducing turbulence, then you had better be shaped in such a way that the fluid flows over your surfaces as smoothly as possible, with minimal resistance and turbulence.

It's a really neat illustration of how function dictates form, isn't it?

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