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Drag Force variation wrt drag coefficent and velocity

%drag force on the cyclist

clear all;

close all;

clc

%inputs

%drag coefficent

cd = 0.8;

%area m^2

a= 0.1;

%velocity m/sec

v = [1:100];

%density kg/m^3

rho =1.225;

%calculations

dragforce = (cd * a * v.^2 * rho *0.5);

plot(v,dragforce,\'color\',\'r\');

xlabel(\'velocity\');

ylabel(\'dragforce\');

%drag foce on different shapes with same velocity and area but different drag co-efficents

%shapes flatplate prism bullet sphere airfoil

cd1 = [1.28 1.14 0.295 0.5 0.045];

%fixed velocity

v1 = 5;

dragforce1 = rho * a * v1^2 * cd1.^1 * 0.5;

figure;

plot(cd1,dragforce1);

xlabel(\'drag-coefficent\');

ylabel(\'dragforce\')

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