Flow over bicycle
PART1:
%Program to claculate the drag force
clear all
close all
clc
% Inputs
% Drag coefficient
c_d=0.8
% Area m^2
A=1
% Density kg/m^3
rho=1.2
% velocity m/s
v= [1:50];
drag_force=0.5*v.^2*rho*c_d*A;
plot(v,drag_force)
xlabel(\'Velocity\')
ylabel(\'Drag Force\')
Part 2:
% drag force for various shapes and their drag coefficient
clear all
close all
clc
% Inputs
% Area m^2
A=1
% Density kg/m^3
rho=1.2
% velocity m/s
v= [1:50]
%streamline body
c1=0.04
%half sphere
c2=0.43
%sphere
c3=0.6
%cone
c4=0.5
%long cylinder
c5=0.82
%cube
c6=1.05
drag_force=0.5*v.^2*rho*c3*A;
plot(c3,drag_force)
xlabel(\'cd\')
ylabel(\'Drag Force\')
grid on