Indiana Aerospace University

Kagudoy Rd., Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu

College Department

AE 515
Experiment #1

Submitted To:
Engr. Johnny Destacamento
Instructor
Submitted By:
Waedueramae, Amir
BSAE IV

29 March 2017
Title: Experimental determination of lift and drag on an airfoil

Purpose: To be able to let the students measure the lift and drag of different airfoils in a subsonic wind
tunnel

Key equations:

=
1 2
2

=
1 2
2

Where:

Experimental Procedure:

1. Construct an airfoil made of foamboard. The airfoil can either be taken from the existing NACA

series, Clark, etc or an airfoil of your own nomenclature.

2. Measure the average speed of the wind tunnel.

3. Compute the reference airfoil area.

4. Test the airfoil to obtain:

Visual flow (to be attached in the experiment report)

5. Measure the lift and drag forces and make a graph of and at varying angles of attack.
Chosen Airfoil:

N 22

Computation for average speed:

At 0, = 0.41

= 1.895 ; = 2.169
= 5.505 2 2 = 0.003552 2 ( )
= 1.962

= 2.093

1.962 1.895
2 = =
1 1
(1.2256)(0.41)(0.003552)
2 2

= 8.665

2.169 2.093
= = 0.465
1 2
2 (1.2256) (8.665) (0.003552 )

Assume V constant.

Solving for reference area.

Solving for reference area:

6 x 0.9175 = 5.505 2

At -2, = 2.009 ; = 2.136

A = 6.0852 2 = 0.003926 2
2.009 1.962
= = 0.026
1 2
2 (1.2256) (16.87) (0.003926 )
 2.136 2.093
= = 0.24
1
(1.2256) (16.87)2 (0.003926 )
2

A = 6 x 1.0142 = 6.0852 2

At 2, = 1.87 ; = 2.188
A = 6.957 2 = 0.00449 2
1.962 1.87
= = 0.45
1 2
2 (1.2256) (16.87) (0.00449 )
2.188 2.093
= = 0.46
1
(1.2256) (16.87)2 (0.00449 )
2

A = 6 x 1.1595 = 6.957 2

At 4, = 1.758 ; = 2.269
A = 8.2266 2 = 0.00531 2
1.962 1.758
= = 0.84
1
(1.2256) (16.87)2 (0.00531 )
2
2.269 2.093
= = 0.72
1 2 (0.00531 )
2 (1.2256) (16.87)
A = 6 x 1.3711 = 8.2266 2

At 6, = 1.713 ; = 2.178
A = 9.5208 2 = 0.00614 2
1.962 1.713
= = 0.88
1
(1.2256) (16.87)2 (0.00614 )
2
2.178 2.093
= = 0.3
1 2 (0.00614 )
2 (1.2256) (16.87)

A = 6 x 1.5868 = 9.5208 2

At 8, = 1.588 ; = 2.217
A = 10.8318 2 = 0.0072
1.962 1.588
= = 1.16
1 2
2 (1.2256) (16.87) (0.007 )
2.217 2.093
= = 0.39
1 2
2 (1.2256) (16.87) (0.007 )
A = 6 x 1.8053 = 10.8318 2

At 10, = 1.588 ; = 2.065

A = 12.1518 2 = 0.008 2
1.962 1.588
= = 1.016
1 2 (0.008 )
2 (1.2256) (16.87)

2.093 2.065
= = 0.076
1
(1.2256) (16.87)2 (0.008 )
2

A = 6 x 2.0253= 12.1518 2
Graph for at varying angles of attack.

CL & CD graph
1.4

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

CL CD
Picture of airfoil at varying angle of attack.

At -2 degrees

At 0 degree

At 2 degrees
At 4 degrees

At 6 degrees

At 8 degrees

At 10 degrees