A direct numerical study of a model of superflow, the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, and simple analytical arguments shows a very striking phenomenon: The flow around a disk creates a drag force beyond a well-defined threshold velocity, linked to the emission of vortices from the perimeter of the disk.
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Frisch et al. (1992) studied this question.
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