Scribd
Upload
8 views

DRAG Problem

Uploaded by

mohassanin111
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
8 views

DRAG Problem

Uploaded by

mohassanin111
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Problem#

A bulletin board for the main instructions for protection from COVID-19, is shown in
the figure below. The board is made of a thin flat plate 5 m (width) × 1 m (height). The
board is mounted on two cylindrical poles of the same diameter of 40 cm and height 4
m. If the wind blows normal to the board at velocity of 10 km/h, calculate:
a) The drag force on the two poles and the flat board.
b) The maximum bending moment at bottom base holding the poles.
For sea-level standard air,  = 1.2 kg/m3 and µ = 1.8×10-5 kg/ (m .s).

Given:
 = 1.2 kg/m3 and µ = 1.8×10-5 kg/ (m .s)
V = 10 km/h = 10(1000/3600) = 2.778 m/s
Solution:

a) The drag force on the two poles and the flat board.
Reynolds No. on poles:
𝜌𝑉𝐷𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑒 (1.2)(2.778)(0.4)
𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑒 = = = 74074
𝜇 1.8x10−5
From table 7.3 for short cylinder (L/D) = 10 and Re = 7.4x104
CDpole ≈ 0.82

Reynolds No. on flat board:


𝜌𝑉𝐻𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 (1.2)(2.778)(1)
𝑅𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 = = = 185185.2 = 1.852x105
𝜇 1.8x10−5

From table 7.3 for rectangular plate normal to stream at b/h = 5: CDboard ≈ 1.2

FDpoles = 2 (½ V2Apole CDpole) = 2(½)(1.2)(2.778)2(4x0.4)(0.82) = 12.15 N


FDboard = ½ V2Aboard CDboard = ½ (1.2)(2.778)2(1x5)(1.2) = 27.778 N

FDtotal = FDpoles + FDboard = 12.15 N + 27.778 N = 39.93 N

b) The maximum bending moment at bottom base holding the poles

Mbase = FDpoles (2 m) + FDboard (4.5)


Mbase = (12.15 N) (2 m) + (27.778 N) (4.5) = 149.296 N.m ≈ 149.3 N.m

Mbase = 149.3 N.m

You might also like