Flow over Bicycle

RESULT 1

RESULT 2

Program 1 and 2

program 1

% program to calculate drag force against a cyclist
% program to plot Velocity vs Drag force

clear all
close all
clc

% input
% drag coffecient
c_d = 1.8

% area(m^2)
A = 0.55

% density(kg/m^3)
rho =1.5

% velocity(m^2/s^2)
v = [1:5]

% output (drag force)

drag_force= 0.5*rho*A*v.^2*c_d;
plot(v,drag_force)
xlabel('velocity')
ylabel('drag force')
grid on
 
program 2

% program to calculate drag force against a cyclist
% program to plot Drag Co-efficient vs Drag force

clear all
close all
clc

% input
% drag coffecient
c_d = [1.2:5.7]

% area(m^2)
A = 0.55

% density(kg/m^3)
rho =1.5

% velocity(m^2/s^2)
v = [1]

% output (drag force)

drag_force= 0.5*rho*v.^2*A*c_d;
plot(c_d,drag_force)
xlabel('drag coefficient')
ylabel('drag force')
grid on