Wright State University Lake Campus/2018-1/Ping pong air drag
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editw:Reynolds number @ w:special:permalink/822809548
editThe Reynolds number is defined as
where:
- is the w:density of the fluid (SI units: kg/m3)
- is the velocity of the fluid with respect to the object (m/s)
- is a characteristic linear dimension (m). For a sphere L=2R is the diameter.
- is the dynamic viscosity (Pa·s or N·s/m2 or kg/m·s)
- is the kinematic viscosity (m2/s).
w:Viscosity @ w:special:permalink/824605819#Air
editThe viscosity of air depends mostly on the temperature. At 15 °C, the viscosity of air is 1.81x10−5 kg/(m·s) 18.1 μPa·s or 1.81x10−5 Pa·s. The kinematic viscosity at 15 °C is 1.4810x10−5m2/s or 14.8 cSt. At 25 °C, the viscosity is 18.6 μPa·s and the kinematic viscosity 15.7 cSt.
Here, 1 cSt = 1 mm2·s−1 = 10−6 m2·s−1.
w:Drag (physics) @ w:special:permalink/823381084
editOriginal effort circa 2/1/18
editFrom this graph we estimate an acceleration of 7 cm/s/s at a speed of 50 cm/s.
2/8/18 Thursday phy2400 lab
editWe will attempt to simulate this with Matlab:
I think we did the Reynold's number thing wrong. I get Re=300 here, and that means C =1 here
At sea level and at 15 °C air has a density of approximately 1.225 kg/m3
Ping pong ball: radius = 20mm; mass=2.7g