SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL &

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

FUNDAMENTALS OF FLIGHT(ME2501)
LABORATORY REPORT
Class: DARE/FT/2A/23

Contributors:
Name: Admission Number:
Muhammad Firhan Bin P2011055
Mohamed Fazir
Poh Chuang Xu P2010687
Akkil Prakash P1907786
Ang Yue Yang P2010773

Year of Study: AY 2021/22 Semester 2

Lecturer: Leon Chu Sin Yu
Submission Date: 27 January 2021
 Table of Contents
1. Acknowledgement & Purpose 2
2. Data and test results 3
3. Sample calculations 4
4. Graphs 5
5. Comments on observations and results 6

Acknowledgement
The completion of this report would not have been possible without the
guidance of Mr Leon Chu Sin Yu, Lecturer of School of Mechanical and
Aeronautical Engineering in Singapore Polytechnic.

Purpose
The main purposes of this report are:

To find the coefficient of pressure (CP) and plot its distribution over the upper
and lower surfaces of an aerofoil in a wind tunnel

To find out how CP distribution changes at different angles of attack and how it
affects the centre of pressure of the aerofoil.
 Data and Test Results

5 Degrees

10 Degrees

15 Degrees
Sample Calculations:
 Graphs
Graph 1 (COP=52.231)

Graph2 (COP=34.205)

Graph3 (COP=72.874)
 Observations
From the 3-test conducted and graphs plotted, we observed that as for the Upper Surface,
as the AOA value increases gradually, the Cp value also increases with it thus suggesting that
both variables are directly related. However, for the Lower surface, as the AOA value
gradually increases, the Cp value decreases with it thus suggesting that both variables in this
instance are inversely related.