Computational analysis of flapping airfoil aerodynamics

Tuncer İ. H., Platzer M. F., Ekaterinaris J. A.

Proceedings of the 1994 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Part 9 (of 18), Lake Tahoe, NV, USA, 19 - 23 Haziran 1994, cilt.196, ss.9-18 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 196
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Lake Tahoe, NV, USA
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.9-18
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A Navier-Stokes, a potential flow and an interactive Navier-Stokes/potential flow analysis are described for the determination of the flowfield and of the aerodynamic forces generated by a flapping airfoil in low subsonic flow. The numerical solutions predict thrust for a sinusoidally flapping motion with a mean amplitude of 0.10 c and a reduced frequency of k = 1.5. The thrust producing vortical wake profiles are identified. The interactive Navier-Stokes/potential flow solution method yields as accurate a flowfield prediction as the full domain Navier-Stokes solution.