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CH 7 (11):External flow

• Examples in real life


Drag and lift
• Drag: is the force generated on the body parallel to flow direction
• Lift : is the force generated on the body normal to flow direction
• example on airfoil:
Drag and lift Drag = pressure drag + friction drag

• Forces of flow parallel to flat plate

Drag is due to friction drag

• Forces of flow normal to flat plate

Drag is due to pressure (form) drag


Force coefficients
• Drag and lift coefficients

frontal area (the area projected on a plane normal to the


direction of flow) of the body. In other words, A is the area seen
by a person looking at the body from the direction of the
approaching fluid

In lift and drag calculations of some thin bodies, such as airfoils,


A is taken to be the planform area, which is the area seen by a
person looking at the body from above in a direction normal to
the body
PARALLEL FLOW OVER FLAT PLATES

• Boundary layer flow


Flow over a stationary sphere
• Depends on Reynolds number

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