Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Rate of chart displacement (mm/min)
This was derived from the equation:
, where, F
D
= drag force
= mass density of the fluid
v = velocity of the object relative to the fluid
A = reference area
C
D
= drag coefficient (dimensionless)
The drag coefficient depends on the shape of the object and on the Reynolds number:
THERMODYNAMICS II
DRAG FORCE IN FLOW OVER A BODY
EMD5M5A
Page | 9
6.0 Experimental Procedures
6.1 Apparatus and experiment set up
Figure 6: Sub sonic wind tunnel
Figure 4: Weight balance Figure 3: Rigid rod and Hemisphere with body base facing
downstream and upstream
Figure 5: Speed control
THERMODYNAMICS II
DRAG FORCE IN FLOW OVER A BODY
EMD5M5A
Page | 10
6.2 Procedure
1. Diameter of hemisphere is measured.
2. First, the rigid rod is fitted to the balance arm.
3. The arm is balanced to zero.
4. The blower fan then switched ON to flow velocity 8 m/s.
5. The arm is balanced once again and the reading is recorded.
6. The velocity is increased with decrement of 2 m/s until 20 m/s. The arm is balanced
for each reading.
7. Step 1 until step 6 are repeated by changing the rigid rod with hemisphere body with
open end facing the flow and then open end facing down the stream.
THERMODYNAMICS II
DRAG FORCE IN FLOW OVER A BODY
EMD5M5A
Page | 11
7.0 Results
7.1 Data recorded
No
Velocity
(m/s)
Rey. No.
(x10
3
)
Rigid
Rod
Drag
Force,
F
D
(N)
Body base surface facing
upstream
Body base surface facing
downstream
Net Drag
Coefficient,
C
D
Drag
Force,
F
D
(N)
Net
Drag
Force,
F
D
(N)
Drag
Coefficient,
C
D
(N)
Drag
Force,
F
D
(N)
Net
Drag
Force,
F
D
(N)
Drag
Coefficient,
C
D
(N)
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 8 34.305 0.02 0.21 0.19 1.1672 0.08 0.06 0.3686 0.7986
3 10 42.882 0.02 0.31 0.29 1.1402 0.10 0.08 0.3145 0.8257
4 12 51.459 0.02 0.48 0.46 1.2559 0.15 0.13 0.3549 0.9010
5 14 60.035 0.06 0.66 0.60 1.2036 0.21 0.15 0.3009 0.9027
6 16 68.612 0.06 0.86 0.80 1.2287 0.28 0.22 0.3379 0.8908
7 18 77.188 0.08 1.09 1.01 1.2256 0.35 0.27 0.3276 0.8980
8 20 85.764 0.10 1.36 1.26 1.2385 0.44 0.34 0.3342 0.9043
Table 1: Tabulated data
THERMODYNAMICS II
DRAG FORCE IN FLOW OVER A BODY
EMD5M5A
Page | 12
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
0 20 40 60 80 100
D
r
a
g
C
o
e
f
f
i
c
i
e
n
t
,
C
D
Rey. No
Graph of Drag Coefficient, CD against Rey. No
Body base facing
upstream
Body base facing
downstream
7.2 Data Analysis
Figure 7: Graph of Drag Coefficient, CD against Rey. No
THERMODYNAMICS II
DRAG FORCE IN FLOW OVER A BODY
EMD5M5A
Page | 13
7.3 Sample Calculation
Air density, = 1.204 kg/m
3
Given diameter of circular cylinder, d= 0.065 m
Air viscosity, = 1.825 x
(T = 20 C)
No 4, Velocity, V = 12 m/s
Rey. No. =
=
()()()
= 51.459 k
Rigid Rod Drag Force, F
D
= 0.02 N
Body base surface facing upstream
Drag Force, F
D
= 0.48 N
Net Drag Force, F
D
= -
= 0.48 0.02
= 0.46 N
Drag Coefficient, C
D
=
()()
()
= 1.2559
Body base surface facing downstream
Drag Force, F
D
= 0.15 N
Net Drag Force, F
D
= -
= 0.15 0.02
= 0.13 N
Drag Coefficient, C
D
=
()()
()
= 0.3549
Net Drag Coefficient, C
D
= 1.2559 0.3549
= 0.9010
THERMODYNAMICS II
DRAG FORCE IN FLOW OVER A BODY
EMD5M5A
Page | 14
8.0 Discussion
This part of report is individually hand written. The result of each member is attached
with this report.
9.0 Conclusion
This part of report is individually hand written. The result of each member is attached
with this report.
THERMODYNAMICS II
DRAG FORCE IN FLOW OVER A BODY
EMD5M5A
Page | 15
10.0 References and appendices
Books
1) Cengel, Y. A. & Cimbala, J. M. (2006). Fluid Mechanics. (First Edition). New York:
McGraw Hill.
2) Frank M. White, Fluid Mechanics, 5
th
Edition, Mc Graw Hill, New York, USA, 2003.
Websites
1. Drag equation :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_equation [Accessed 30/10/14]
2. Definition of drag :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(physics) [Accessed 30/10/14]
3. Applications of drag force :
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15715124.2006.9635283#.VFIXcfmUcwI
[Accessed 30/10/14]