Unsteady Performance of Finite-Span Pitching Propulsors in Side-by-Side Arrangements
Unsteady Performance of Finite-Span Pitching Propulsors in Side-by-Side Arrangements
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10.2514/6.2018-3732
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2018-06
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Melike Kurt;K. Moored
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作者:
Melike Kurt;K. Moored
Experimental measurements are presented on the performance of two finite-span pitching wings with an aspect ratio of AR = 2 interacting in a side-by-side arrangement. Experiments are conducted for various synchronies and cross-stream spacings. The thrust, power and lift coefficients as well as the efficiency are reported for both the individual wings and the collective. The collective thrust and power consumption are found to increasewhile the efficiency decreases during out-of-phase oscillations (φ = π) for close spacings of Y∗ ≤ 0.75. Similarly, the collective thrust and power consumption are found to decrease while the efficiency increases during inphase oscillations (φ = 0) for spacings of Y∗ ≤ 1.125. In contrast to this trade-off between improved thrust or efficiency, there are conditions such as at Y∗ = 1 and φ ≈ π/2 and 3π/2 that give a 20% increase in collective thrust and 17% increase in collective efficiency at the same time. It is further demonstrated that the direction of the collective lift shows a dependence on both the synchrony and the spacing.