Calculation of the drag force on a bicycle
% A program to calculate the drag force on a bicycle
clear all
close all
clc
% Input
% Drag Coefficient
c_d = [ 0.045 0.1 0.295 1.14 1.28 ];
% Area m^2
A = 0.2
% Density
rho = 1.2
% velocity
v = [1:5];
drag_force = 0.5*A*rho*v.^2.*c_d
figure(1)
plot(v,drag_force)
xlabel(\'velocity\')
ylabel(\'drag_force\')
grid on
figure(2)
plot(drag_force,c_d)
xlabel(\'drag_force\')
ylabel(\'drag_coefficient\')
grid on