Problem 9.

133 [Difficulty: 3]

F
n1

W
F
n2

Given: Circular disk in wind
Find: Mass of disk; Plot versus V
Solution:
Basic equations:
C
D
F
D
1
2
V
2
A
= M

0 =
Summing moments at the pivot
W L sin ( ) F
n1
L
1
2
L
D
2

\
|
|
.
F
n2
0 =
(1) and for each normal drag
F
n
1
2
V
n
2
A C
D
=
Assume 1) No pivot friction 2) C
D
is valid for V
n
= Vcos()
The data is
1.225
kg
m
3
= 1.8 10
5

N s
m
2
= V 15
m
s
=
D 25 mm = d 3 mm = L 40 mm = 10 deg =
C
D1
1.17 =
(Table
9.3)
Re
d
V d

= Re
d
3063 =
so from Fig. 9.13
C
D2
0.9 =
Hence
F
n1
1
2
V cos ( ) ( )
2

D
2

4
C
D1
= F
n1
0.077 N =
F
n2
1
2
V cos ( ) ( )
2
L
D
2

\
|
|
.
d C
D2
= F
n2
0.00992 N =
The drag on the support is much less than on the disk (and moment even less), so results will not be much different from those of
Problem 9.105
Hence Eq. 1 becomes
M L g sin ( ) L
1
2
V cos ( ) ( )
2

D
2

4
C
D1

1
2
L
D
2

\
|
|
.

1
2
V cos ( ) ( )
2
L
D
2

\
|
|
.
d C
D2

(
(

+ =
M
V
2
cos ( )
2

4 g sin ( )
1
2
D
2
C
D1
1
D
2 L

\
|
|
.
L
D
2

\
|
|
.
d C
D2
+

(
(

= M 0.0471 kg =
Rearranging
V
4 M g

tan ( )
cos ( )

1
1
2
D
2
C
D1
1
D
2 L

\
|
|
.
L
D
2

\
|
|
.
d C
D2
+

(
(

= V 35.5
m
s

tan ( )
cos ( )
=
We can plot this by choosing and computing V
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
20
40
60
80
Angle (deg)
V

(
m
/
s
)
This graph can be easily plotted in Excel