Drag force in wind tunnels: A new method

P.V.S. Souza, D. Girardi and P.M.C. de Oliveira

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2017, vol. 467, issue C, 120-128

Abstract: A rigid object of general shape is fixed inside a wind tunnel. The drag force exerted on it by the wind is determined by a new method based on simple basic Physics concepts, provided one has a solver, any solver, for the corresponding dynamic Navier–Stokes equation which determines the wind velocity field around the object. The method is completely general, but here we apply it to the traditional problem of a long cylinder perpendicular to the wind.

Keywords: Drag force; Fluid dynamics; Navier–Stokes equation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.09.049

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