Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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ISBN: 9781118912652
Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 5, Problem 77P
For a small spherical particle of styrofoam (density = 16 kg/m3) with a diameter of 5 mm falling in air, the drag is given by FD = 3πµVd, where µ is the air viscosity and V is the sphere velocity. Derive the differential equation that describes the motion. Using the Euler method, find the maximum speed starting from rest and the time it takes to reach 95% of this speed. Plot the speed as a function of time.
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The aerodynamic drag of a new sports car is to be predicted at a speed of 60.0 mi/h at an air temperature of 25°C. Automotive engineers build a one-third scale model of the car to test in a wind tunnel. The temperature of the wind tunnel air is also 25°C. The drag force is measured with a drag balance, and the moving belt is used to simulate the moving ground (from the car’s frame of reference). Determine how fast the engineers should run the wind tunnel to achieve similarity between the model and the prototype.
The aerodynamic drag of a new sports car is to be predicted at a speed of 60.0 mi/h at an air temperature of 25°C. Automotive engineers build a one-third scale model of the car to test in a wind tunnel. The temperature of the wind tunnel air is also 25°C. The drag force is measured with a drag balance, and the moving belt is used to simulate the moving ground (from the car’s frame of reference). Determine how fast the engineers should run the wind tunnel to achieve similarity between the model and the prototype.
1. The aerodynamic drag of a Formula 1 car is to be predicted at a speed of 100 km/hr
in an environment where air temperature is 25°C and the corresponding kinematic
viscosity of air is v=1.60×105 m²/s. Automotive engineers build a 1/4 scale model of
the car to test in a wind tunnel, where the air temperature is 10°C and kinematic
viscosity of air is v=1.46×105 m²/s. A drag balance is used to measure the drag, and
the moving belt is used to simulate the moving ground. Determine the speed of the
wind tunnel that the engineers must run in order to achieve similarity between the
model and prototype.
(Ans: 365 km/hr).
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