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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2003.31.3.001

Study on Flexible Airfoil in Low Reynolds Number Flow Field  

Gwon, Gi Beom
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.31, no.3, 2003 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the study, aeroelastic behaviors and aerodynamic performances of flexible airfoil in low Reynolds number environment are evaluated. To facilitate the present study, flexible airfoil in modeled through attaching massless membrane in portion of the upper CLARK-Y airfoil surface, which is often proposed low Reynolds number airfoil. The behavior of membrane in governed by aerodynamic forces and membrane equilibrium equation. Nondimensional parameter deducted by nondimensionalizing the membrane equilibrium equation, which represents the interaction between fluid and membrane has a great influence on membrane aeroelastic behavior. Changing the starting point of the membrane is conducted on aerodynamic performances. As a result, the value of nondimensional parameter should almost linearly increase according to moving the starting point of the membrane surface toward the trailing edge.
Keywords
flexible airfoil; membrane surface; aeroelastic behavior; optimization;
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