D'Alembert's paradox
THE THEOREM THAT, FOR INCOMPRESSIBLE AND INVISCID POTENTIAL FLOW, THE DRAG FORCE IS 0 ON A BODY MOVING WITH CONSTANT VELOCITY RELATIVE TO THE FLUID, IN CONTRADICTION TO REAL LIFE, WHERE VISCOSITY CAUSES SUBSTANTIAL DRAG, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH VELOCITIES
D'Alembert's Paradox; D'Alembert paradox; Hydrodynamic paradox; D'Alembert Paradox; D'Alemberts Paradox; D'Alemberts' Paradox; Dalembert's Paradox; Hydrodynamical paradox; Hydrodynamics paradox; D'alembert's Paradox
In fluid dynamics, d'Alembert's paradox (or the hydrodynamic paradox) is a contradiction reached in 1752 by French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert.Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1752).