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AERODYNAMICS LAB
TOPIC - AERODYNAMICS OF BOOMRANG
BATCH - A2
Plywood
Plastic such as polypropylene
Phenolic paper
High- tech materials such as carbon fibre-reinforced
plastics
TYPES OF BOOMERANG
Cross-stick
Pinwheel
Tumble stick
Boomabird
Parts of a Boomerang
Right-Handed vs Left-Handed
= density
U = speed
A = area
CL = lift coefficient
Remark: This model puts the complex dependencies that are
hard to compute, like the dependence of lift on boomerang
shape, angle of attack, air viscosity, etc., into a single
constant CL.
FLift U2
Intuition from
Oversimplification
Downwash from a Helicopter
F
Drag
Assume uniform air speed U at infinity.
is the force on the airfoil in the direction of the
Drag
oncoming air, and FLift is perpendicular to the flow.
FLift = U
FDrag = 0
Good approximation of lift on an airfoil when viscosity and
angle of attack are small
Useless for computing drag because inviscid model
doesnt have any tangential forces on airfoil
Note: To incorporate tangential shear forces due to viscosity,
UL and FLift = U
FLift U 2 L
So for a wing with uniform crossection we get
back the lift equation:
Hunting weapons
Percussive musical instrument
Battle clubs
Fire-starters
Decoys for hunting waterfowl
Recreational play toys
SOMETHING EXTRA
Smallest Returning Boomerang: Sadir Kattan of Australia in 1997 with 1.9 inches
(48mm) long and 1.8 inches (46mm) wide. This tiny boomerang flew the required
22 yards (20m), before returning to the accuracy circles on 22 March 1997 at the
Australian National Championships.
The boomerang that travels the furthest and returns closest to the launch point will
be the winning boomerang. Use the following formula to score the flight:N
Score = Furthest distance traveled distance from launch point to the landing
pointFor example, the score for a boomerang that traveled a distance of 3.5 meters
away from its launch and then landed just inside the 1 meter ring is: Score = 3.5/.9
= 3.94
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