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Phillips, Nicholas; Needham, Cole

This study explores an alternative to traditional wind tunnel aerodynamic analysis. We propose a faster, cheaper method of determining aerodynamic coefficients, as shown through testing on two disc golf discs. The system uses both a two camera setup to film the discs’ flights in 3 dimensions and a coefficient fitting program coded in Python. We obtained similar coefficients to other studies that used a wind tunnel, though the uncertainties on our coefficients were very large. This shows that the proposed system is accurate, though imprecise. As such, our method could be useful for preliminary testing of a design, in cases of insufficient funding, or when only a rough idea of the aerodynamics is desired.

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University of British Columbia. Science One Research Projects; University of British Columbia. SCIE 001

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0398359

Science, Faculty of

Undergraduate

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