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Originally Posted by ZDan
I'm an aerospace engineer specializing in structural design/analysis, but I have taken courses on fluid mechanics...
I would say that while the upper screen portion may only be ~15% of the screened area
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How about geometry though? :P
My most conservative eyeball estimate is that each of the larger sides has 3x the surface area of the top; and the smaller sides are at least as large as the top.
That gives the top at most 1/9 of the total surface area (~11%), and more like <10%.