What's a Streamlined Body?

A streamlined body is a shape that decreases the friction drag between a fluid, such as air and water, and an object that passes through that fluid. Drag is the force that reduces the speed of the motion. ... The streamlined shaped body experiences minimum resistance when travelling through water or air.

What is a streamlined body?

Hint: A streamlined body is a specified kind of body shape that is tapering towards the ends. This reduces the friction drag between a fluid such as air or water when the object is moving through the fluid.

What does a streamlined body look like?

A streamlined body looks like a fish, or an airfoil at small angles of attack, whereas a bluff body looks like a brick, a cylinder, or an airfoil at large angles of attack. For streamlined bodies, frictional drag is the dominant source of air resistance.