Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: c: chord; u∞ : Free Stream Velocity; ν: Kinematic Viscosity; Re: Chord Reynolds number, ( ) / u c n ∞ = ; OGE: Out of the Ground Effect; GE: Ground Effect; Cd: Sectional Drag Coefficient; Cdp: Sectional Pressure Drag Coefficient; Cl: Sectional Lift Coefficient; Cl,max: Maximum Cl; l C α :Lift-Curve Slope; Cm: Sectional Pitching Moment...

Analysis of the aerodynamic forces acting on baseball pitches from major league games reveals a large variance in the measured coefficients of lift and drag. We have examined possible explanations for this effect and found that, while uncertainties introduced by measurement error and the method of reporting major league pitch trajectories do explain some of the spread, the reasons for the large...

An experimental study was performed to investigate the lift and drag coefficient of multiple wing. Most of the previous works carried out to increase the lift force and reduce the drag force having the more efficient and effective design. The aim of this project is to investigate the effect of multiple wings on lift and drag force. To perform this investigation a model of multiple wings is cons...

Abstract The NACA4415 airfoil was numerically simulated with the help of Fluent software to analyze its aerodynamic characteristics. Results are acquired as follows: calculation accuracy is much higher than that XFOIL software; result SST k - ω (sstkw) turbulence model closest experimental value; within a certain range, larger Reynolds number is, lift coefficient and lift-to-drag ratio will be,...

in this study, a numerical computational fluid dynamics study is conducted in order to predict the aerodynamic forces on the np car. the turbulent air flow around the car is modeled using the realizable k-ε model. first, results are validated against those presented for the ahmed’s body. next, the fluid flow around the car is simulated for different car speeds ( to mph) and flow directions ( to...

We develop a method for estimating the instantaneous lift coefficient on rapidly pitching airfoil that uses small number of pressure sensors and measurement angle attack. The approach assimilates four surface measurements with modified nonlinear state space model (Goman-Khrabrov model) through Kalman filter. error estimates based only weighted-sum measured pressures are found to be noisy biased...

Hydrodynamic lift forces offer a convenient way to manipulate particles in microfluidic applications, but there is little quantitative information on how non-inertial lift mechanisms act and compete with each other in the confined space of microfluidic channels. This paper reports measurements of lift forces on nearly spherical drops and bubbles, with diameters from one quarter to one half of t...

In this study, a numerical computational fluid dynamics study is conducted in order to predict the aerodynamic forces on the NP car. The turbulent air flow around the car is modeled using the realizable k-ε model. First, results are validated against those presented for the Ahmed’s body. Next, the fluid flow around the car is simulated for different car speeds ( to mph) and fl...

A single bubble is placed in a solid body rotating flow of silicon oil. From the measurement of its equilibrium position, lift and drag forces are determined. Five different silicon oils have been used, providing five different viscosities and Morton numbers. Experiments have been performed over a wide range of bubble Reynolds numbers (0.7 ≤ Re ≤ 380), Rossby numbers (0.58 ≤ Ro ≤ 26) and bubble...