Blood Diamond

23g δ 1/2 5/2 mö æ = 0.23 ç 9.81 2 ÷ (3.2 m)5/2 ≈ 13.2 m 3 /s s ø è 1/2 Ans. (b) 5.70 A diamond-shaped body, of characteristic length 9 in, has the following measured drag forces when placed in a wind tunnel at sea-level standard conditions: V, ft/s: F, lbf: 30 1.25 38 1.95 48 3.02 56 4.05 61 4.81 Use these data to predict the drag force of a similar 15-in diamond placed at similar orientation in 20°C water flowing at 2.2 m/s. Solution: For sea-level…

(Defensores da Cristandade Apressam-se a Desmascarar 'O Código Da Vinci'), publicado pelo jornal The New York Times em 27 de abril de 2004: Much of "The Da Vinci Code" scaffolding of conspiracies was constructed in an earlier best seller, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," published in the 1980's. It relies on a file of documents found in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France that has since been exposed as one man's hoax. "Grande parte da estrutura das conspirações presentes em 'O Código Da…