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    The document summarizes an experiment to measure the pressure distribution and calculate the lift and drag forces on a circular cylinder in fluid cross flow. Pressure readings are taken around the cylinder circumference using a manometer. The pressure differences are used to calculate drag and lift forces and coefficients. Results are plotted and compared to published data, with any deviations explained. The goal is to evaluate experimentally the pressure distribution and hydrodynamic forces on the cylinder.

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    MECH 3720L Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

    Pressure Distribution Lift and Drag Measurements on a Circular Cylinder in Cross Flow
    Object:

    To measure pressures around the circumference of a circular cylinder submerged


    in a fluid flow. The pressure distribution around the 2-dimensional cylinder will
    be used to evaluate the lift and drag forces exerted on the cylinder by the fluid
    flow.

    Procedure:

    For a specific air-speed (control position #2) in the wind tunnel, read the height,
    hi , of the liquid column in the manometer for the surface pressure port angles of
    i 0 , 10 , , 350 .

    pi p gh
    where pi p is the pressure difference between surface pressure, pi , and
    freestream pressure, p , at i and is the density of manometer fluid. Enter
    the data in a table. The drag force, D , per unit length of the cylinder is
    calculated from:
    D

    ( p p ) cos( )r d
    0

    2r n
    ( pi p ) cos i
    n i 1

    The lift force, L , per unit length of the cylinder is:


    L

    ( p p ) sin( )r d
    0

    2r n
    ( pi p ) sin i
    n i 1

    The drag and lift coefficients, C D and C L , are to be determined using:


    CD

    CL

    1
    2r

    1
    2r

    C p cos( )r d
    0

    C p sin( )r d
    0

    n
    C p cos i
    n i 1 i

    n
    C p sin i
    n i 1 i

    where C pi is the coefficient of pressure at i . C pi is calculated as follows:


    p p pi p hi
    Cp i

    1
    p1 p h1
    2
    V
    2
    i

    where p1 p is the difference in pressure at i 0 .


    Repeat the experiment for the rough cylinder.
    Results:

    Plot C p verses i for the two cylinders on the same graph. Compare the
    pressure distribution with published results. Calculate the Reynolds number,
    Re D , for the flow around the cylinder and compare the calculated Re D and the
    drag coefficients, C D , with the published data (refer to handouts). Discuss
    briefly why there is a difference in pressure distribution between that obtained by
    inviscid theory and that obtained experimentally. If your results deviate from the
    published data explain why. Discuss any other pertinent observation.

    Report:

    Turn in the report following the instructions outlined in Laboratory Report


    Writing.

    References:

    White, F.M., Fluid Mechanics; McGraw-Hill, 1979.

    Fox, R.W., and McDonald, H.T.; Introduction to Fluid Mechanics; John Wiley &
    Sons, 1985.

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