FLUID MECHANICS FUNDAMENTALS+APPS
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Chapter 11, Problem 25EP
To reduce the drag coefficient and thus to improve the fuel efficiency, the frontal area of a car is to be reduced. Determine the amount of fuel and money saved per year as a result of reducing the frontal area from 20 to 13 ft2. Assume the car is driven 12.000 mi a year at an average speed of 55 mi/h. Take the density and price of gasoline to be 50 Ibm/ft3 and $3.10/gal, respectively; the density of air to be 0.075 Ibm ft3, the heating value of gasoline to be 20.000 Btu/Ibm: and the overall efficiency of the drive train to be 30 percent.
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