# Induced Drag Calculation in ParaView

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/induced-drag-calculation-in-paraview/13052
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 17, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/induced-drag-calculation-in-paraview/13052 "2023-10-17T04:38:46Z")
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### Author: ![mdenton](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@mdenton](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mdenton)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/induced-drag-calculation-in-paraview/13052/1 "2023-10-17T04:38:46Z")

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Hello! I am a new ParaView user trying to figure out how to calculate induced drag on a wing section attached to the wind tunnel wall based on the results of FreeCAD OpenFoam CFD analysis. I have no problems calculating “Drag”, which I believe involves strictly friction drag component ({Normals\_Y\*p} formula for my model orientation) as I get similar results after performing Laminar and Turbulent RANS kOmegaSST model analysis, whereas furthermore, I do not believe that it involves induced drag component as it seems quite low and roughly corresponding to the expected friction drag component based on my separate 2D analysis. I looked everywhere online, whereby there is nothing about induced drag including in ParaView support topics. I do not see anyone ever discussing it here, which is kind of odd. I would appreciate if someone could let me know if there is a way to do it in ParaView other than doing manual calculations that are not based on CFD computation. Thank you.