// Display mode mode(0); // Display warning for floating point exception ieee(1); clear; clc; disp("Introduction to heat transfer by S.K.Som, Chapter 6, Example 10") //Wind at a speed of U=36km/hr blows over a flat plate of length,L=6m .If the density and kinematic viscosity of air are rho=1.2kg/m^3 and mu=1.5*10^-5m^2/s respectively. U=36; L=6; rho=1.2; mu=1.5*10^-5; //Wind velocity in m/s is Uinf disp("Wind velocity(Uinf)in m/s is") Uinf=U*1000/3600 //Reynolds number is given by ReL=L*Uinf/mu disp("Reynolds number is") ReL=L*Uinf/mu //We consider that transition of boundary layer takes place from laminar to turbulent takes place at ReL=5*10^5. //Therfore the corresponding friction coefficient is given by CbarfL=(0.074-ReL^(1/5))-(1742/ReL) disp("Friction coefficient is") CbarfL=(0.074/ReL^(1/5))-(1742/ReL) //Drag force on one side of the plate per unit metre width is given by FD=CbarfL*rho*Uinf^2*L/2 disp("Drag force on one side of the plate per unit metre width in Newton is ") FD=CbarfL*rho*Uinf^2*L/2 //The turbulent boundary layer thickness at the trailing edge is given by delta=L*(0.379/ReL^(1/5)) disp("The turbulent boundary layer thickness at the trailing edge in metre is ") delta=L*(0.379/ReL^(1/5))