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Near-wake Measurements of an Oscillating NACA 0012 Airfoil

진동하는 NACA 0012 에어포일의 근접후류 측정

  • Published : 2006.12.31

Abstract

An experimental study was carried out in order to investigate the influence of Reynolds number on the near-wake of an oscillating airfoil. An NACA 0012 airfoil was sinusoidally pitched at the quarter chord point, and is oscillated over a range of instantaneous angles of attack of $\pm$6$^{\circ}$. An X-type hot-wire probe was employed to measure the near-wake of an oscillating airfoil, and the smoke-wire visualization technique was used to examine the flow properties of the boundary layer. The free-stream velocities were 1.98, 2.83 and 4.03 m/s and the corresponding chord Reynolds numbers were 2.3${\times}10^4$, 3.3$\times$104 and 4.8${\times}10^4$, respectively. The frequency of airfoil oscillation was adjusted to fix a reduced frequency of K=0.1. The results show that the properties of the boundary layer and the near-wake can dramatically be distinguished in the range of Reynolds numbers between 2.3${\times}10^4$ and 3.3${\times}10^4$, on the other hand, it is similar in the cases of Re=3.3$\times$104 and 4.8$\times$104. This is caused by that the unsteady separation point is dramatically delayed in case of Re= 2.3${\times}10^4$.

진동하는 에어포일의 후류에 미치는 레이놀즈수의 영향을 조사하기 위한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. NACA 0012 에어포일은 1/4 시위를 기준으로 피칭운동을 하고, $\pm$6$^{\circ}$ 내에서 진동하도록 설정하였다. 진동하는 에어포일에서 후류를 측정하기 위하여 2축 열선풍속계가 사용되었고 연선 가시화 기법이 경계층을 관찰하기 위하여 사용되었다. 실험조건에서 자유흐름속도는 1.98, 2.83 그리고 4.03 m/s이며, 이를 근거로 한 레이놀즈수는 각각 $2.3{\times}10^4$, 3.3${\times}10^4$, 4.8${\times}10^4$이다. 모든 경우에 에어포일 진동수는 무차원 진동수 K=0.1에 맞게 조절되었다. 실험 결과, 피칭하는 에어포일의 경계층 및 후류 유동 특성은 레이놀즈수 2.3$\times$104, 3.3$\times$104 사이에서 크게 다르게 나타나며, 레이놀즈수 3.3${\times}10^4$와 4.8${\times}10^4$에서 유사하게 나타난다. 이것은 레이놀즈수 2.3$\times$104에서 비정상 분리가 크게 지연되기 때문이다.

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