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Will this hanging shape produce lift?
Dear Group,
Dear Group, I am developing a light weight product that will be hanging outside and wanted to ask your collective wisdom about wind effects on it's shape. It is approximately 30 (28 on shorter surface) x 40 x 2 inches. It has a symmetrical shape (with respect to leading and trailing edges), basically a trapezoid (kind of like a stackable bin). It will look something like this character picture if it comes out correctly on your browser and font. _________________________ / ^ / \ /______wind | /___________________________\ \ | lift? \ I am trying to anticipate or design how this thing will move in the wind. The wind would be coming perpendicular to the 2 inch width, that is, parallel to the flat top and bottom of the trapezoid. I want it to not flap around so I am trying to create a shape that will force it to flap backward (in the direction of the shorter surface) in a wind and more or less stay there. Any opinions? Thanks in advance. |
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