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DragForce_Cylinder_Axial

 

 

Procedure DragForce_Cylinder_Axial returns the drag force on a sphere resulting from a flow of fluid.

 

Inputs

Fluid$ - the name of any fluid in the EES data base.  Fluid$ may be a string constant or a string variable.

T - temperature in the defined unit system [F,C,R,K]

P - pressure in the defined unit system [Pa,kPa,bar,MPa,psia,atm]

v - free stream fluid velocity in [m/s, ft/min]

D - cylinder diameter [m or ft]

L  - cylinder length [m or ft]

 

Outputs

F_d  - drag force per unit length  [N or lbf]

C_d  - drag coefficient {optional}

 

This procedure calls function DragCoefficient_Cylinder_axial to obtain the drag coefficient.

 

Example:

$UnitSystem SI C kPa 

Fluid$='Air'

T=25 [C]

P=Po#

v=10 [m/s]

D=0.1 [m]

L=0.5 [m]

CALL DragForce_Cylinder_Axial(Fluid$,T,P,v,D,L:F_d,C_d) 

 

{Solution:

C_d=0.9114 

F_d=0.4238 [N]

}

 

 

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