It is sometimes believed that ship drifting in river without power or sail travels faster than mean speed of layer of water in which it is floating; however, speed of free floating bodies on surface of water stream in sloping channel has been found to be sensibly same as mean speed of layer of water in which bodies are floating, contrary to some recorded opinions.
Speed of drifting bodies in stream
J Fluid Mechanics
Journal of Fluid Mechanics ; 1 , Part 5
1956
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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