DIGITIZED BY: ADITYA KAPOOR (ME 14203003), ME Water Resources Engineering

PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh

EXPERIMENT NO. 7
NAME OF EXPERIMENT: - Drag on a body
AIM OF EXPERIMENT: - Determination of drag on a body in a wind tunnel.
APPARATUS :- Wind tunnel, model.
PROCEDURE:1) Start and adjust the speed with the rheostat.
2) Take the readings on manometer for static pressure at upstream of tunnel.
3) Take the protector readings and the corresponding reading on manometer 2.
4) repeat steps for various value of in order to measure the pressure distribution around
the cylinder.
5) Repeat 1 to 4 space for another position of rheostat and hence another wind speed.
OBSERVATIONS:Dia of cylinder, D = .
Temperature of air = .
Inclination of manometer = .
Sin = .
Kinematic viscosity of air, = .
Run No.

S. No.

Position of
pressure
tapping

MO

M1

p
v 2
2

Here MO and M1 are readings of two limbs of inclined manometer.

RESULTS:- The coefficient of drag CD = .
Plot CD V/S Re.
DISCUSSIONS:DIGITIZED BY: ADITYA KAPOOR (ME 14203003), ME Water Resources Engineering
PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh

Re