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.


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    Title :

    Speed of drifting bodies in stream


    Additional title:

    J Fluid Mechanics


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1956


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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