Results

Velocity Re Body base surface facing upstream

Rigid Rod Length= 0.0132 m
Drag Force Frontal Area= 2.4x10-3m2
Drag Force, Net Force, Drag
Fd(N) Fd(N) Coefficicent,Cd
8 6820.96 0.0210 0.0360 0.0150 0.1643
10 8526.20 0.0320 0.1110 0.0790 0.5539
12 10231.43 0.0510 0.2160 0.1650 0.8034
14 11936.67 0.0660 0.3220 0.2560 0.9158
16 13641.91 0.0810 0.4510 0.3700 1.0134
18 15347.15 0.1010 0.6710 0.5160 1.1167
20 17052.39 0.1220 0.9610 0.8390 1.4707
Average 0.8626

Tablexx: Results for body base surface facing upstream

Velocity Re Body base surface facing downstream

Rigid Rod Length= 0.0132 m
Drag Frontal Area= 2.4x10-3m2
Force,Fd(N) Drag Force, Net Force, Drag
Fd(N) Fd(N) Coefficicent,Cd
8 6820.96 0.0210 0.080 0.059 0.6460
10 8526.20 0.0320 0.145 0.113 0.7920
12 10231.43 0.0510 0.215 0.164 0.7990
14 11936.67 0.0660 0.270 0.204 0.7300
16 13641.91 0.0810 0.360 0.279 0.7640
18 15347.15 0.1010 0.465 0.364 0.7880
20 17052.39 0.1220 0.640 0.518 0.9080
Average 0.7753

Tablexx:Results for body base surface facing downstream

Sample of calculation:

Air density, ρ = 1.1885 kg/m3

Frontal Area of prism facing upstream= 2.4 x10-3 m2

Air dynamic viscosity, μ = 1.84x10-5 kg/m.s

Length = 0.0132 m
(T = 24 °C)

 Calculation to find Drag Coefficient, CD using formula given theoretically:

𝐹𝑑
𝐶𝑑 =
0.5𝜌𝑉 2 𝐴

For velocity=10 m/s

0.0790
𝐶𝑑 =
0.5(1.1885)(102 )(2.4𝑋10−3 )

= 0.5539

 Then, to find the Reynold Number using formula below:

𝜌𝑣𝑙
𝑅𝑒 =
𝜇

(1.1885)(10)(0.0132)
=
(1.84𝑥10−5 )

= 8526.20

The same step is used to find all the value of Drag Coefficient, Cd and Reynold’s Number
 Graph of Drag Coefficient against Reynold
Number(Upstream)
1.6

1.4

1.2
Drag Coefficient

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Reynold's Number

Figurexx: Graph of Drag Coefficient against Reynold’s Number

Graph of Drag Coefficient vs Reynold Number

(Downstream)
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
Drag Coefficient

0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Reynold's Number

Figurexx: Graph of Drag Coefficient against Reynold’s Number

 Graph of Velocity(m/s) against Reynold's Number
25

20
Velocity(m/s)

15

10

0
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Reynold's Number

Figurexxx: Graph of Velocity against Reynold’s Number

Graph of Drag Coefficient against Reynold's Number

1.6

1.4

1.2
Drag Coeffcicient

0.8
Upstream
0.6 Downstream
0.4

0.2

0
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
Reynold's Number

Figurexxx: Comparison graph of upstream and downstream Drag Coefficient against

Reynold’s Number
Percentage Error:
(i) Upstream

𝐶𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 − 𝐶𝑑 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙
= 𝑥100%
𝐶𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙
2.20−0.8626
= x 100%
2.20

=60.79%

(ii) Downstream

𝐶𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙−𝐶𝑑 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙
= 𝑥100%
𝐶𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙
1.55−0.7753
= 𝑥100%
1.55

=50%