The air velocity and aerodynamic properties of bluff body in the wind tunnel have the greatest influence on the aerodynamic forces acting on it. With intention to determine the aerodynamic forces and the drag coefficient of different bluff bodies in a wind tunnel, we constructed, set up and validated a new measuring system for measuring. The measurements of drag force and drag coefficient were carried out for different shapes (sphere, cylinder and cube) and sizes of bluff bodies. The obtained results show that the values of drag coefficients are comparable for air velocities between 10 and 30 m/s, while smaller deviations were noticed at 5 m/s. The experimentally determined values of drag coefficients agree well with the values from literature, which confirms the adequacy of the measuring system.
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