Investigation of flow at leading and trailing edges of pitching-up airfoil
Investigation of flow at leading and trailing edges of pitching-up airfoil
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俯仰翼型前缘和后缘流动的研究
DOI:
10.2514/3.12560
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
A. Krothapalli
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作者:
C. Shih;L. Lourenço;A. Krothapalli
The dynamic stall process of an NACA 0012 airfoil undergoing a constant-rate pitching-up motion is studied experimentally in a water towing tank facility. This study focuses on the detailed measurement of the unsteady separated flow in the vicinity of the leading and trailing edges of the airfoil. The measurements are carried out using the particle image velocimetry technique. This technique provides the two-dimensional velocity and associated vorticity fields, at various instants in time, in the midspan of the airfoil. Near the leading edge, large vortical structures emerge as a consequence of van Dommelen and Shen type separation and a local vorticity accumulation. The interaction of these vortices with the reversing boundary-layer vorticity initiates a secondary flow separation and the formation of a secondary vortex. The mutual induction of this counter-rotating vortex pair eventually leads to the ejection process of the dynamic stall vortex from the leading-edge region. It is found that the trailing-edge flowfield only plays a secondary role on the dynamic stall process.