Variation of Leading-Edge Suction at Stall for Steady and Unsteady Airfoil Motions
Variation of Leading-Edge Suction at Stall for Steady and Unsteady Airfoil Motions
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稳态和非稳态翼型运动失速时前缘吸力的变化
DOI:
10.2514/6.2016-1354
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发表时间:
2016
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通讯作者:
J. Edwards
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作者:
S. Narsipur;Pranav Hosangadi;Ashok Gopalarathnam;J. Edwards
Computational results for steady and unsteady airfoil motions are used to study the variation of leading-edge suction at stall. Computations were performed on the NACA 0012 symmetric airfoil and the SD7003 cambered airfoil using an unsteady RANS code that was validated against steady and unsteady experimental results. A parametric study was performed to determine the behavior of leading-edge suction with variations in pitch rate and Reynolds numbers. Results show that flowfield structures of unsteady low pitch rate motions are similar to steady results for a given amount of trailing-edge separation. The overshoot in lift and suction coefficients can be attributed to the boundary layer convection lag. For leading-edge vortex (LEV) dominated flows, it is found that flow morphology after LEV initiation is similar regardless of motion parameters. However, the time instant and flowfield structure at the point of LEV initiation vary for low and high Reynolds numbers. While leading-edge suction parameter (LESP) values at LEV initiation for low Reynolds number simulations are found to be independent of motion kinematics, the same is not true for the high Reynolds number cases.