QUESTION 1 A 1/5 scale model of a race car is to be tested in a pressurised air wind tunnel. In order to ensure dynamical similarity between full scale and test, the Reynolds number and Mach number at test will be matched to the car at full scale. Calculate the freestream air pressure in the tunnel required to achieve dynamic similarity with the full scale car racing at standard atmospheric pressure of 1.013 bar. Provide your answer in units of bar to two significant figures. Assume that the air temperature T and speed of sound is the same at test and full scale, the air pressure p and density p follow the ideal gas law p/p = RT, where R is a constant, and the dynamic viscosity of air does not change with pressure.

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A 1/5 scale model of a race car is to be tested in a pressurised air wind tunnel. In order to ensure dynamical similarity between full scale and test, the
Reynolds number and Mach number at test will be matched to the car at full scale.
Calculate the freestream air pressure in the tunnel required to achieve dynamic similarity with the full scale car racing at standard atmospheric pressure of
1.013 bar. Provide your answer in units of bar to two significant figures.
Assume that the air temperature T and speed of sound is the same at test and full scale, the air pressure p and density p follow the ideal gas law p/p = RT,
where R is a constant, and the dynamic viscosity of air does not change with pressure.
Transcribed Image Text:QUESTION 1 A 1/5 scale model of a race car is to be tested in a pressurised air wind tunnel. In order to ensure dynamical similarity between full scale and test, the Reynolds number and Mach number at test will be matched to the car at full scale. Calculate the freestream air pressure in the tunnel required to achieve dynamic similarity with the full scale car racing at standard atmospheric pressure of 1.013 bar. Provide your answer in units of bar to two significant figures. Assume that the air temperature T and speed of sound is the same at test and full scale, the air pressure p and density p follow the ideal gas law p/p = RT, where R is a constant, and the dynamic viscosity of air does not change with pressure.
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