Question: Plot the pressure coefficient C p as a function of the distance along the airfoil for each angle of attack ( you should have 5

Plot the pressure coefficient Cp as a function of the distance along the airfoil for each angle of attack (you should have 5 figures in total)- please use the attached excel file which does most of the work for you; you only have to change the values in the highlighted sections. Does it look similar to a nominal Cp figure shown below?
From Introduction to Flight by Anderson
Note: Cp distribution is traditionally plotted with the positive Cp downward.
Cp=p-p12airV2
p is the freestream pressure (pressure in the flow far from the airfoil but still moving at the wind tunnel airspeed) and for a wind tunnel is given by (using Bernoulli's equation):
p=pambient-12airV2
Note: Negative Cp indicates suction and most of the lift (the area between the two curves) comes from the suction. Cp=1 indicates the stagnation point, i.e., point where the pressure is equal to the freestream pressure corresponding to the zero local velocity.
Plot the pressure coefficient C p as a function

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