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The drag crisis on a sphere or cylinder is the sudden fall in drag coefficient caused by
Answer: B
Once the layer goes turbulent before separating, its extra near-wall momentum carries it further round the body, so the wake narrows sharply and the pressure drag collapses. The drag coefficient of a smooth sphere drops from about 0.5 to near 0.1 across the transition.
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