Question: 7 . 7 . 8 A student is interested in the aerodynamic drag on spheres. She conducts a series of wind tunnel tests on a

7.7.8 A student is interested in the aerodynamic drag on spheres. She conducts a series of wind tunnel tests on a 10-cm-diameter sphere. The air in the wind tunnel is at 50C and 101.3 kPa . She presents the results of her tests in the form of a correlation,
D=0.0015V1.92
where D is the drag force in Newtons and V is the velocity in ms. Another student realizes that the results would have been more effectively presented in terms of dimensionless parameters, say,
1=f(2)=C2a
where 1 and 2 are dimensionless parameters and C and a are constants. What are the most appropriate dimensionless parameters (1 and 2) and the corresponding values of C and a? What would be the drag on a 2- cm -diameter sphere placed in a 1ms,20C water stream?
1=CD
2=Re
a=-0.08
CD=0.549Re???-0.08
D=0.0497N
1=CD
2=Re
a=-3.92
CD=0.549Re-3.92
D=3.99N
I=CD
2=Re
a=-0.08
CD=0.249
D=4.97N
1=CD
2=Re
a=-0.08
CD=0.549Ren-0.05
D=0.0994N
7 . 7 . 8 A student is interested in the

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