Regime
Slender-body theory — the drag is a functional of the area distribution alone
Every figure drawn under this hypothesis — 6 of them — with the essay each one belongs to and the generator that drew it.
6 figure placements state this regime. The strip along the foot of every figure names two things — the model that produced it and the regime it holds in — and this listing is read back out of the finished drawing rather than from what produced it.
- The least drag a volume can have — L = 1, V = 0.02 — all in units of ρU², for the Sears–Haack body · nonlinear-wave
- The least drag a volume can have — L = 1, V = 0.02 — closure forces A₁ = 0 and the volume fixes A₂ · nonlinear-wave
- The least drag a volume can have — L = 1, V = 0.03 — the drag is a functional of these curves alone · nonlinear-wave
- The least drag a volume can have — L = 1, V = 0.03 — closure forces A₁ = 0 and the volume fixes A₂ · nonlinear-wave
- The least drag a volume can have — V = 0.02 for the length sweep — the exponents are fitted from the series · nonlinear-wave
- The least drag a volume can have — S(L) ≠ 0 — the hypothesis, stated and enforced · nonlinear-wave