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Motion of very small objects e.g fine sand particles in air or water
Airplanes, submarines, automobiles and ships etc moving
through water or air
Buildings/bridges submerged in air or water
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Then
U 2
FD CD A
2
U 2
FL CL A
2
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Characteristic of fluid
Shape of body
Orientation of body immersed in fluid
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FD 3DV
Two third of the drag force is contributed by skin friction
and one third by pressure difference
2 2
FD 3DV 2DV (skin friction drag)
3 3
1 1
FD 3DV DV (pressure drag)
3 3
V 2
FD C D A
2
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V 2
3DV C D D2
2 4
24 24
CD
VD Re
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Then
W = FD+B
or FD = W-B
Volume of sphere r
4 3
3
Mass = Volume x Density
Weight = Mass x g
W d / 2 s g d 3 s g
4 3
3 6
B d / 2 f g d 3 f g
4 3
3 6
Then Drag force will be FD W B d 3 s f g
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d 2 g s f
V
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Assignment No. 03
Q. No. 01
On a flat plate of 2m length and 1m width,
experiments were conducted in a wind tunnel with
a wind speed of 50km/h. the plate is kept at such
an angle that the coefficients of drag and lift are
0.18 and 0.9 respectively.
Find
a) drag force
b) lift force
c) resultant force
if Density of air is 1.15 kg/m3.
Q. No. 02
Determine the velocity of fall of rain drops 0.3mm in
diameter in atmospheric air having density of 1.2kg/m3
and kinematic viscosity of 0.15x10-4 m2/s. Assume
stokes law holds good.
Q. No. 03
A 2mm metallic ball of specific gravity 11 is allowed to
fall in a fluid of specific gravity 0.9 and viscosity
1.4Ns/m2. Determine the drag force, pressure drag and
skin friction drag and the terminal velocity of ball in fluid.
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Q. No. 04
A steel sphere of 4mm diameter falls in glycerine
at a terminal velocity of 0.04m/s. Assuming that
Stokes is applicable,
Determine
a) dynamic viscosity of glycerine
b) drag force
c) drag coefficient of sphere
if specific weights of steel and glycerine are
75kN/m3 and 12.5kN/m3.
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