Drag coefficient of spherical particles.

Drag Coefficcient [1]

Particle Reynolds
Rep = v * dp * r / m
1000000
v: Fluid velocity m/s
dp : Particle diameter m 100000
r= Fluid density kg/m3 10000
m= Fluid absolute viscosity Pa s
1000
CD
100
10
1
0.1
0.01
1E-04

Shperical particle drag coefficient CD

Table

Re f1 f2 f3 f4 CD
1.00E-04 6.340338E+53 2.0073225E-13 9.09906E+146 3.815158E-268 240000
 1.50E-04 1.099512E+52 3.1355775E-13 1.25174E+144 1.631972E-263 160000
1.00E-03 6.340338E+43 2.5270693E-12 5.11678E+130 7.612241E-242 24000
1.50E-03 1.099512E+42 3.9474582E-12 7.03904E+127 3.256212E-237 16000
1.00E-02 6.340339E+33 3.1813917E-11 2.87738E+114 1.518842E-215 2400
1.50E-02 1.099512E+32 4.9695552E-11 3.95834E+111 6.496996E-211 1600
1.00E-01 6.341174E+23 4.0051333E-10 1.618067E+98 3.030488E-189 240
1.50E-01 1.100064E+22 6.2562956E-10 2.225941E+95 1.296321E-184 160
1.0 8.008326E+13 5.0421401E-09 9.09906E+81 6.046618E-163 24.6
1.5 2.202019E+12 7.876151E-09 1.251738E+79 2.586501E-158 17.2
10.0 3334939.6645 6.3472985E-08 5.116777E+65 1.206459E-136 4.49
15.0 220226.97645 9.91456E-08 7.039042E+62 5.160748E-132 3.42
100.0 0.9275338965 7.9847608E-07 2.877375E+49 2.407202E-110 0.99
150.0 0.113099774 1.2467023E-06 3.958344E+46 1.029705E-105 0.80
1,000.0 0.000236998 9.9578593E-06 1.618067E+33 4.8029991E-84 0.44
1,500.0 0.0001395 1.5466227E-05 2.225941E+30 2.0545306E-79 0.42
10,000.0 0.0001049238 0.0001121132 9.09906E+16 9.5832431E-58 0.43
15,000.0 0.000104875 0.0001645129 1.251738E+14 4.0993275E-53 0.44
100,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0006056324 5.1167774027 1.9121084E-31 0.48
110,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0006294284 1.087340064 2.3449853E-30 0.49
120,000.0 0.0001048576 0.000650535 0.2644242467 2.3119545E-29 0.49
130,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0006693696 0.072014019 1.8976786E-28 0.49
140,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0006862694 0.0215981197 1.3325387E-27 0.49
150,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0007015096 0.0070390421 8.1792337E-27 0.49
160,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0007153167 0.0024663051 4.465479E-26 0.48
170,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0007278784 0.0009208768 2.1994755E-25 0.46
180,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0007393518 0.0003637628 9.8896151E-25 0.44
190,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0007498689 0.0001510951 4.0995124E-24 0.41
200,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0007595416 6.5653683E-05 1.5797974E-23 0.379
250,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0007981473 1.7477181E-06 5.589008E-21 0.266
300,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0008255559 9.0318379E-08 6.7577404E-19 0.198
350,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0008459583 7.3771872E-09 3.8949516E-17 0.154
400,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0008617012 8.4240641E-10 1.3052397E-15 0.124
450,000.0 0.0001048576 0.000874196 1.2424908E-10 2.8906898E-14 0.102
500,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0008843403 2.2425078E-11 4.6176569E-13 0.086
550,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0008927315 4.765438E-12 5.6627478E-12 0.080
600,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0008997815 1.1588806E-12 5.58025E-11 0.095
650,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009057838 3.1561271E-13 4.5624117E-10 0.116
700,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009109524 9.4657139E-14 3.1199873E-09 0.141
750,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009154474 3.0849703E-14 1.6558503E-08 0.167
800,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009193904 1.0808968E-14 5.2524767E-08 0.187
850,000.0 0.0001048576 0.000922876 4.0358868E-15 8.5849616E-08 0.197
900,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009259781 1.5942475E-15 9.819005E-08 0.199
950,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009287558 6.6219811E-16 1.013517E-07 0.200

1,000,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009312568 2.8773754E-16 1.0212589E-07 0.20

1,500,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009470665 3.9583443E-19 1.0239999E-07 0.20
10,000,000.0 0.0001048576 0.0009728032 1.6180671E-32 0.0000001024 0.20
 Rev. cjc. 23.09.2018

f1 = (24*Re^-1)^10 + (21*Re^-0.67)^10 + (4*Re^-0.33)^10 + (0.4)^10

f2 = ( (0.148*Re^0.11)^-10 + (0.5)^-10 )^-1
f3 = ( 1.57 * 10^8*Re^-1.625 )^10
f4= ((6*10^-17*Re^2.63)^-10 + (0.2)^-10 )^-1
CD = ( 1 / ( ( f1 + f2 )^-1 + (f3)^-1 ) + f4 ) )^0.1

Application
CD = (1/ ( ( f1 + f2 )^-1 + (f3)^-1 ) + f4 )^0.1
Rep = 20,000
f1 = 0.0001048643
f2 = 0.0002124311
f3 = 1.167506E+12
f4= 7.9177428E-50
CD = 0.447

Visual Basic function

CD = Particle_Drag_Coefficient_CD_Re
Re = 20,000
CD = #VALUE!

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100000 Drag Coefficient CD = f(Re)
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CD
100
10
1
0.1
0.01 Reynolds number Re
1E-04 1E-02 1E+00 1E+02 1E+04 1E+06 1E+08

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function Cd = dragCoefficient(Re)
% 10.08.2020
% Drag coefficient [1] of a sphere as a
% function of the Reynolds number "Re"
% Re = input('enter Reynolds number = ');

Re=15000 % Needs to be only a comment if

% is to be called as a function

f1 =(24*Re^-1)^10 + (21*Re^-0.67)^10 +...

(4*Re^-0.33)^10 + (0.4)^10;
f2 =((0.148*Re^0.11)^-10 + (0.5)^-10 )^-1;
f3 =( 1.57 * 10^8*Re^-1.625 )^10;
f4= ((6*10^-17*Re^2.63)^-10+(0.2)^-10)^-1;

Cd = (1/((f1 + f2)^-1 + (f3)^-1) + f4)^0.1;

end

%Application
% Press Run and enter de Reynolds number
%Note
%CD = ( 1/((f1+f2)^-1+(f3)^-1)+f4)^0.1
%Rep = 15,000
%f1 = 0.000105
%f2 = 0.000165
%f3 = 1.25E+14
%f4= 4.10E-53
%CD = 0.44

% ___________________________________
% [1]
%Drag coefficient of flow around a sphere:
%Matching asymptotically the wide trend
%Jaber Almedeij
%Powder Technology 186 (2008) 218–223
%Available online at www.sciencedirect.com
%www.elsevier.com/locate/powtec
%(Now, the download is not free)
[1] Drag coefficient of flow around a sphere: Matching asymptotically the wide trend
Jaber Almedeij
Powder Technology 186 (2008) 218–223
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com
www.elsevier.com/locate/powtec
(Now, the download is not free)