During the Winter 2019 term, I worked in a team of three to conduct a series of aerodynamics experiments in Cal Poly's 2x2 wind tunnel. We measured lift and drag over a series of spheres: (1) smooth, (2) rough, and (3) smooth with a tripped boundary layer, analyzing boundary layer separation and the onset of the drag crisis and comparing our experimental data to published trends. We also measured trends in lift coefficient for a NACA 4412 airfoil for increasing angles of attack up to stall.
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