In: Mechanical Engineering
Air flows over a 4 meter long flat plate at a velocity of 8 m/s. Using a spreadsheet, calculate the boundary layer thickness and wall shear stress at 0.1 meter intervals along the plate. Do not plot the wall shear stress at x=0. Use a transition Reynolds number of 5 x 10^5 . (You will need to calculate Rex at each location to determine if the laminar or turbulent correlations should be used.) Generate a spreadsheet table that includes columns for the x location, Reynolds number, boundary layer thickness, and wall shear stress. Also include the exact transition location in the x column. At the transition location, calculate both the laminar and turbulent correlations and include both values in your plot. (The solution will have a jump at the transition point.) Plot your results for the boundary layer thickness and wall shear stress on separate plots. Submit a copy of your EXCEL table and the plots you generated. Include a plot title and label the axes with the variable name and units. Use only lines, no symbols, to show your analytical solution.
Density (Kg/m^3) | Velocity (m/s) | Distance (m) | kinematic viscosity of air (m^2/s) | Renolds Number | Boundary layer thickness (m) | Wall shear stress (Pa) |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.1 | 1.82E-05 | 4.39E+04 | 2.39E-03 | 0.122108899 |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.2 | 1.82E-05 | 8.79E+04 | 3.37E-03 | 0.086344031 |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.3 | 1.82E-05 | 1.32E+05 | 4.13E-03 | 0.070499606 |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.4 | 1.82E-05 | 1.76E+05 | 4.77E-03 | 0.06105445 |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.5 | 1.82E-05 | 2.20E+05 | 5.33E-03 | 0.05460876 |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.6 | 1.82E-05 | 2.64E+05 | 5.84E-03 | 0.049850749 |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.7 | 1.82E-05 | 3.08E+05 | 6.31E-03 | 0.046152826 |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.8 | 1.82E-05 | 3.52E+05 | 6.75E-03 | 0.043172015 |
1.2047 | 8 | 0.9 | 1.82E-05 | 3.95E+05 | 7.16E-03 | 0.040702966 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1 | 1.82E-05 | 4.39E+05 | 7.54E-03 | 0.038614224 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.1 | 1.82E-05 | 4.83E+05 | 4.62E-02 | 0.036817218 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.1375 | 1.82E-05 | 5.00E+05 | 4.75E-02 | 0.036205255 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.1375 | 1.82E-05 | 5.00E+05 | 4.75E-02 | 0.16596729 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.2 | 1.82E-05 | 5.27E+05 | 4.96E-02 | 0.164858278 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.3 | 1.82E-05 | 5.71E+05 | 5.28E-02 | 0.164858278 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.4 | 1.82E-05 | 6.15E+05 | 5.61E-02 | 0.163104067 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.5 | 1.82E-05 | 6.59E+05 | 5.93E-02 | 0.160513797 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.6 | 1.82E-05 | 7.03E+05 | 6.24E-02 | 0.158152271 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.7 | 1.82E-05 | 7.47E+05 | 6.55E-02 | 0.155984982 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.8 | 1.82E-05 | 7.91E+05 | 6.86E-02 | 0.153984513 |
1.2047 | 8 | 1.9 | 1.82E-05 | 8.35E+05 | 7.16E-02 | 0.152128735 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2 | 1.82E-05 | 8.79E+05 | 7.46E-02 | 0.150399551 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.1 | 1.82E-05 | 9.23E+05 | 7.76E-02 | 0.148781975 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.2 | 1.82E-05 | 9.67E+05 | 8.05E-02 | 0.147263474 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.82E-05 | 1.01E+06 | 8.34E-02 | 0.14583346 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.4 | 1.82E-05 | 1.05E+06 | 8.63E-02 | 0.144482918 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.82E-05 | 1.10E+06 | 8.92E-02 | 0.143204107 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.82E-05 | 1.14E+06 | 9.20E-02 | 0.141990337 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.82E-05 | 1.19E+06 | 9.48E-02 | 0.140835791 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.82E-05 | 1.23E+06 | 9.76E-02 | 0.139735377 |
1.2047 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.82E-05 | 1.27E+06 | 1.00E-01 | 0.138684615 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3 | 1.82E-05 | 1.32E+06 | 1.03E-01 | 0.137679549 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.82E-05 | 1.36E+06 | 1.06E-01 | 0.13671666 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.82E-05 | 1.41E+06 | 1.09E-01 | 0.135792814 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.82E-05 | 1.45E+06 | 1.11E-01 | 0.134905203 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.82E-05 | 1.49E+06 | 1.14E-01 | 0.134051304 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.82E-05 | 1.54E+06 | 1.17E-01 | 0.133228842 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.6 | 1.82E-05 | 1.58E+06 | 1.19E-01 | 0.132435756 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.82E-05 | 1.63E+06 | 1.22E-01 | 0.13167018 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.82E-05 | 1.67E+06 | 1.25E-01 | 0.130930413 |
1.2047 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.82E-05 | 1.71E+06 | 1.27E-01 | 0.130214904 |
1.2047 | 8 | 4 | 1.82E-05 | 1.76E+06 | 1.30E-01 | 0.129522232 |