Variation of leading-edge suction during stall for unsteady aerofoil motions
Variation of leading-edge suction during stall for unsteady aerofoil motions
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不稳定翼型运动失速期间前缘吸力的变化
DOI:
10.1017/jfm.2020.467
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
J. Edwards
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作者:
S. Narsipur;Pranav Hosangadi;Ashok Gopalarathnam;J. Edwards
Abstract The suction force at the leading edge of a round-nosed aerofoil is an important indicator of the state of the flow over the leading edge and, often, the entire aerofoil. The leading-edge suction parameter (LESP) is a non-dimensional version of this force. In recent works, the LESP was calculated with good accuracy for attached flows at low Reynolds numbers (10 000–100 000) from unsteady aerofoil theory. In contrast to this ‘inviscid’ LESP, results from viscous computations and experiments are used here to calculate the ‘viscous’ LESP on aerofoils undergoing pitching motions at low subsonic speeds. The LESP formulation is also updated to account for the net velocity of the aerofoil. Spanning multiple aerofoils, Reynolds numbers and kinematics, the cases include motions in which dynamic stall occurs with or without leading-edge vortex (LEV) formation. Inflections in the surface pressure and skin-friction distributions near the leading edge are shown to be reliable indicators of LEV initiation. Critical LESP, which is the LESP value at LEV initiation, was found to be nearly independent of pivot location, weakly dependent on pitch rate and strongly dependent on Reynolds number. The viscous LESP was seen to drop to near-zero values when the flow is separated at the leading edge, irrespective of LEV formation. This behaviour was shown to correlate well with the loss of streamline curvature at the leading edge due to flow separation. These findings serve to improve our understanding and extend the applicability of the leading-edge suction behaviour gained from earlier works.
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Ramesh K
通讯作者:
Ramesh K