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7.6 Experimental External Flows: Table 7.2 Drag of Two

The document discusses drag coefficients for various 2D shapes at a Reynolds number of 104. It provides a table showing that sharp-edged bodies have higher drag than smoothly rounded bodies like elliptical cylinders. Elliptical cylinders have lower drag coefficients than circular cylinders, with longer, flatter ellipses having even lower drag. Rounded nose shapes also have lower drag than flat nose shapes, with drag decreasing as the nose becomes more rounded.

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7.6 Experimental External Flows: Table 7.2 Drag of Two

The document discusses drag coefficients for various 2D shapes at a Reynolds number of 104. It provides a table showing that sharp-edged bodies have higher drag than smoothly rounded bodies like elliptical cylinders. Elliptical cylinders have lower drag coefficients than circular cylinders, with longer, flatter ellipses having even lower drag. Rounded nose shapes also have lower drag than flat nose shapes, with drag decreasing as the nose becomes more rounded.

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6 Experimental External Flows 481

Table 7.2 gives a few data on drag, based on frontal area, of two-dimensional
bodies of various cross section, at Re $ 104. The sharp-edged bodies, which tend to
cause flow separation regardless of the character of the boundary layer, are insensitive
to the Reynolds number. The elliptic cylinders, being smoothly rounded, have the

Table 7.2 Drag of Two-


CD based CD based CD based
Dimensional Bodies at Re $ 104 on frontal on frontal on frontal
Shape area Shape area Shape area
Square cylinder: Half cylinder: Plate:

2.1 1.2 2.0

Thin plate
1.6 1.7 normal to
a wall:
1.4
Half tube: Equilateral triangle:

1.2 1.6

Hexagon:

2.3 2.0 1.0 0.7

Shape CD based on frontal area

Rounded nose section:


L/H: 0.5 1.0 2.0 4.0 6.0
H
C D: 1.16 0.90 0.70 0.68 0.64

Flat nose section:

L /H: 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.2 2.0 2.5 3.0 6.0


H CD: 1.9 2.3 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.9

Elliptical cylinder: Laminar Turbulent

1:1 1.2 0.3

2:1 0.6 0.2

4:1 0.35 0.15

8:1 0.25 0.1

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