An Experimental Investigation on the Mechanism of Tollmien-Schlichting Waves for a NACA 0012 Aerofoil
An Experimental Investigation on the Mechanism of Tollmien-Schlichting Waves for a NACA 0012 Aerofoil
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NACA 0012 机翼 Tollmien-Schlichting 波机理的实验研究
DOI:
10.2514/6.2019-2609
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发表时间:
2019
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M. Azarpeyvand
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作者:
B. Zang;Y. Mayer;M. Azarpeyvand
The present study investigates experimentally on the development of Tollmiem-Schlicting (T-S) instabilities and its associated aerofoil noise using a highly instrumented NACA 0012 profile with four angles of attack ( α = 0 ◦ , 2 ◦ , 4 ◦ and 6 ◦ ) at moderate Reynolds numbers, ranging from 1.8 × 10 5 to 4.6 × 10 5 based on the chord length. The measured far-field noise spectra captured clearly both the broadband and multiple discrete tonal noises centred around a dominant peak, consistent with the existing literatures. Examinations on the near-field pressure and wake velocity spectra suggests that the dominant tones and its harmonics propagate over the entire flow field, extending both upstream to the leading-edge as well as downstream beyond the near-wake region, which agrees with the characteristics of vortex noise as proposed by Paterson et al. 1 On the other hand, the dominant tones scale very well with f = 9 . 4 n U 0 . 8 across the entire range of flow velocities at lower angles of attack, corroborating with the feedback loop mechanisms derived by Tam. 2 Evidences from the near-and far-field noise measurements prompt further investigations into the correlations between near-field pressure fluctuations and wake velocity. The results suggest not only the existence of periodic large-scale structures, consistent with the characteristics of hydrodynamic instability, but also a phase reversal in the near-wake region close to the aerofoil trailing-edge. The present results demonstrate that the aerofoil noise stemming from T-S instabilities could be attributed to a combination of the vortex disturbances and near-wake feedback loop and their dynamic and complex interactions.