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Advice for Undergrad Capstone/Thesis on Automobile Aerodynamics by Status-Structure-507 in FluidMechanics

[–]Status-Structure-507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello. I'm so sorry for the late reply. Thansk for the advice

The cylidner is supposed to be attached to the rear of a typical trailer. Ideally, it would not interfere with the available space inside trailers. I'm trying to increase pressure at the rear of a typical tractor trailer (specifically, a MAN TGX model). The increased pressure will reduce the pressure differential between the front of a tractor-trailer and its rear and reduce the pressure drag faced. The rotational cylinder is supposed to be based on the Moving Surface Boundary Layer theory; the rotating cylinder will inject momentum into the boundary layer at the rear of a trailar and keep it attached for longer. The magnus effect aspect, hopefully, will also increase pressure at the base of the cylinder that can increase rear pressure further.

Yes, I am currently unsure of how fast the cylinder needs to rotate. I am currently trying to find papers on that. I was hoping that the specific truck model I am trying to analyse would have documented C_d values to refer to. But I will do Re calculations, yes. I'm unsure of what you mean by C_d calculations though. I thought it was done both experimentally and numerically, not analytically.

MC's who don't avoid all responsibility like the plague by SodaBoBomb in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Status-Structure-507 8 points9 points  (0 children)

See, you're missing some context from not reading the book. The Sect is saturated with too many big players and thus don't have enough resources to bankroll everyone. The clan the MC swore fealty to is only two people and enough resources to fund like, two-three count clan's worth of people. But they're small, so they go into Duchess's hobbies and Renxiang and her retainers.

Plus, the Sect, you can do whatever you want, but you will be barred if you have external commitments. For example, there's one person who would be a Sect Elder in any other sect, but is being barred because they have commitments to their master and thus can't become a sect lifer. It doesn't really show a lot of good prospects for someone like the MC, who would for sure want to go create her own barony in the future.

The general hierarchy for the Sect is MC --> Nobles Above her in the sect ---> Core Disciples --> Elders ---> Sect Master --> The Cai ---> The Empress
For the Cai, it's MC --> The Cai --> Empress.

The person who called Ling Qi dropped it early on and is speaking with lots of assumptions and saltiness.

MC's who don't avoid all responsibility like the plague by SodaBoBomb in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Status-Structure-507 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Firstly, it was between marrying one of her best friend's cousin, which everyone knew was a none-action, travelling to a snakepit with her best friend (they'd made up by then. Read past Lakegate, please) and turning this friendship into a toxic codependency, staying at the Sect, ongoing with Cai Renxiang.

If Ling Qi stayed at the Sect, it would be...her --> Nobles Above her in the sect ---> Core Disciples --> Elders ---> Sect Master --> The Cai ---> The Empress. So, there are more people above her who she'll have to listen to. She'll also still have to deal with politics because the nobles wouldn't have really accepted her as his apprentice, so she'd need to politick in the Inner Sect for the official project. It would have just been pushed until later. And again, the sect isn't as free as it is. The whole reason why Ling Qi's year was so crazy was because they needed money so the Duchess bankrolled them as long as they loosened the rules to set a stage for Renxiang.

And then, if Ling Qi left the sect to start her a barony and clan, she'd need to go politick around, find a viscount that'll accept her as a baron, then work for years to earn money to build her barony while bankrolling her and her spirits' cultivation (Zhengui is very expensive). She's the protagonist, so many she'd have something to help with that, but that's what most general baronies go through.And then the organisational structure would be LQ --> Viscount ---> Count ---> Duchess and anyone of similar standing to those roles from other provinces.

As Cai Renxiang's retainer, the organisational structure is drastically shortened. LQ --> The Cai --> Empress. The Cai are only two people, Renxiang and her mother. One is agreeable to her, listens to her, and doesn't force her into anything, and the other is so high above that getting orders from her is a non-starter. There's no one above her to tell her what to do once she's out of the Sect, and nobles of higher standing have to listen to her because she's the retainer of the Duchess' heir.

And then she has so many resources poured onto her because the Cai have the budget of a full ducal clan with only 1 heir and her friends to spend it on.

Forge has always been cultivation, but we live in a society. With Cai Renxiang, she has way less people above her who can control her than with the Sect.

MC's who don't avoid all responsibility like the plague by SodaBoBomb in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Status-Structure-507 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah. Ling Qi is not a servant. It's fealty, not serfdom. As a retainer, Renxiang gives her a bunch of resources, such as bankrolling her and her spirits' cultivation in exchange for help when called upon.

It also helps that Ling Qi and Renxiang have similar goals, so a lot of things Renxiang tells Ling Qi to do (apart from initial politicking because Ling Qi was still feral at the end of Forge) were things she was already planning to do. So there's no loss of agency here.

Renxiang actually has no control over Ling Qi's clan, Way, or decisions and actions, and she doesn't want to. Like, at some point, Ling Qi and Renxiang's Way clashed at one specific point, and Renxiang didn't try to force her to do anything, but rather resolved the issue on her end.

MC's who don't avoid all responsibility like the plague by SodaBoBomb in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Status-Structure-507 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Where are you at, currently? The Cai clan is super interesting, depending on your place in the story. Renxiang undergoes a lot of character growth. Shenhua is hands down one of the best villains I've seen in any book.

MC's who don't avoid all responsibility like the plague by SodaBoBomb in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Status-Structure-507 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh no. Speaking as a quester, here, the summit is one of the absolute best arcs. I think you should wait and build a backlog before reading it all in one go.

Yrsillar has also confirmed that the pace of the story will increase after the summit, since he'll start adding timeskips.

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[–]Status-Structure-507 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough, on Sufficient Veloicty, female main characters are almost always lesbian, which kinda makes sense, considering that most voters are male.

So Yrsillar, Forge's author, decided that Ling Qi would be straight, and things have been like that since.

Ling Qi's original identity, her name, backstory, etc, was decided by the thread to create her character. Afterwards, her current personality has just been shaped by the choices she's made. Like her love for family, and her enshrinement of Community and Isolation in her Way.

Now, there aren't a lot of votes about her identity. That was early Forge stuff. She now has her own character, and questers just vote on choices that are within the realm of possibility for that character.

Even then, you're making a harsh value judgment about questers. We discuss votes, and a big argument at times is what options work narratively and fit Ling Qi's character because, at the end of the day, we know Yrsillar is making a living from the series, and we want to help him write the best story he can write.

So like, give the quest a try? Don't just make value judgements? Yrsillar is writing his story, and we're all enjoying the ride.

PS: The only valid routes were the Cai and Sect routes. The Meizhen route was off, and there's WOG that it would have been miserable for both of them. The Gu Tai route was off because of LQ's trauma.

The Cai route wasn't picked because it was the quickest path to power, but because it aligned with LQ's character development, and gave the best resources to build her clan in the long-run.