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Viscous stresses are important in studying aerodynamics and calculating the forces. So far, we have ignored the viscous stresses compared to the pressure and acceleration in the so called inviscid flow in the region outside the viscous layers (around the body and in the wake).
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Chattot, J.J., Hafez, M.M. (2015). Viscous Fluid Flow and Laminar Boundary Layers. In: Theoretical and Applied Aerodynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9825-9_8
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