The air resistance to the motion of a vehicle is something important that engineers investigate. As you may also know, the drag force acting on a car is determined experiementally by placing the car in a wind tunnel. For a given car, the experimental data is generally represented by a single coefficient that is called the drag coefficient. It is given by the relationship C(4)=F(d)/ 1/2 pV^2 (A) C(d)= drag coefficient F(d)= measured drag force (lb) p= air density (slugs/ft^3) V= air speed inside the wind tunnel (ft/s) A=frontal area of the car (ft^2) What is the appropiate unit for C, if the proceeding equation is to be homogeneous in units? show all steps of your work

The air resistance to the motion of a vehicle is something important that engineers investigate. As you may also know, the drag force acting on a car is determined experiementally by placing the car in a wind tunnel. For a given car, the experimental data is generally represented by a single coefficient that is called the drag coefficient. It is given by the relationship C(4)=F(d)/ 1/2 pV^2 (A) C(d)= drag coefficient F(d)= measured drag force (lb) p= air density (slugs/ft^3) V= air speed inside the wind tunnel (ft/s) A=frontal area of the car (ft^2) What is the appropiate unit for C, if the proceeding equation is to be homogeneous in units? show all steps of your work

Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to Engineering (MindTap Course List)

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305084766

Author:Saeed Moaveni

Publisher:Saeed Moaveni

Chapter10: Force And Force-related Variables In Engineering

Section: Chapter Questions

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