Dynamic Pressure & Reference Force

Compute dynamic pressure and the force implied by reference area and coefficient.

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Read the flow shape before trusting the number.

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\begin{aligned}\text{q = 0.5 rho U\^{}2}\\[0.35em]\text{F = q A C}\end{aligned}

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q = 0.5 rho U^2, F = q A C

rho (kg/m^3)U (m/s)reference area A (m^2)coefficient C

dynamic pressure q (Pa)

1531.2500

force = q A C (N)

1531.2500

Useful for wind load, drag estimates, and sanity-checking force coefficients from CFD output.

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