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http://dx.doi.org/10.5407/jksv.2021.19.3.106

Flow Characteristics of a Paraglider Canopy with Leading-edge Tubercles  

Shin, Jeonghan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
Chae, Seokbong (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
Shin, Yisu (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
Park, Jungmok (Gin Gliders)
Song, Ginseok (Gin Gliders)
Kim, Jooha (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization / v.19, no.3, 2021 , pp. 106-114 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the present study, we investigate the flow characteristics of a paraglider canopy with leading-edge tubercles by performing force measurement and surface flow visualizations. The experiment is conducted at Re = 3.3×105 in a wind tunnel, where Re is the Reynolds number based on the mean chord length and the free-stream velocity. The canopy model with leading-edge tubercles has flow characteristics of a two-step stall, showing an earlier onset of the first stall than the canopy model without leading-edge tubercles. However, the main stall angle of the tubercled model is much larger than that of the canopy model without tubercles, resulting in a higher aerodynamic performance at high angles of attack. The delay in the main stall is ascribed to the suppression of separation bubble collapse around the wingtip at high angles of attack.
Keywords
Paraglider; Canopy; Leading-edge tubercles; Stall; Separation bubble;
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