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Experiments on an aerofoil at high angle of incidence in longitudinal oscillations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

C. Maresca ,
D. Favier  and
J. Rebont
C. Maresca
Affiliation:
Institut de Mécanique des Fluides, Laboratoire Associé no. 3 du C.N.R.S., Marseille
D. Favier
Affiliation:
Institut de Mécanique des Fluides, Laboratoire Associé no. 3 du C.N.R.S., Marseille
J. Rebont
Affiliation:
Institut de Mécanique des Fluides, Laboratoire Associé no. 3 du C.N.R.S., Marseille
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Abstract

Details of flow visualization, aerodynamic forces and pitching moment, static pressure and skin friction measurements have been carried out on a symmetrical aerofoil at fixed angle of incidence in longitudinal oscillations parallel to the uniform airstream of a wind-tunnel.

This investigation shows weak unsteady effects at incidences below that of static stall. For higher incidences, strong unsteady effects appear and depend on the frequency and amplitude of the oscillations. The measurements indicate an overshoot of the instantaneous lift and drag which is explained by a strong vortex shedding process occurring during the dynamic stall encountered by the aerofoil in decelerated motion, as observed for profiles oscillating in pitch through stall. When the aerofoil is going forward in accelerated motion dynamic reattachment may be observed at very high incidence over a short part of the period of oscillation.

Dynamic stall and dynamic reattachment contribute to a favourable effect of unsteadiness on the mean lift coefficient, which increases as compared to the steady state one, and which is expressed through an empirical formula involving incidence, frequency and amplitude of oscillations. At given incidence, optimization of this feature is achieved by matching the frequency and the amplitude of oscillation, respectively with the frequency linked with the highest peak of energy in the wake, and with the distance between two consecutive vortices in the mean wake when modelled as a von Kármán's vortex street.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 92 , Issue 4 , 27 June 1979 , pp. 671 - 690
Copyright
© 1979 Cambridge University Press

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