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Aerodynamics is the study of the forces on a body in a relative motion with air.

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Chattot, J.J., Hafez, M.M. (2015). Introduction. In: Theoretical and Applied Aerodynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9825-9_1

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