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It actually is. People call it friction, but that’s not right. It’s adiabatic compression heating.
by monochromatic 8y ago
It actually is. People call it friction, but that’s not right. It’s adiabatic compression heating.
- ThenAsNow 8y ago> It’s adiabatic compression heating. If we're being pedantic (and I don't mean that pejoratively), this would have been more correct if you'd left out "adiabatic". If gasdynamic compression heating is being induced by a fast-moving body in the open atmosphere, it's not strictly adiabatic.