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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2006.34.12.001

Near-wake Measurements of an Oscillating NACA 0012 Airfoil  

Kim, Dong-Ha (한국항공대학교)
Kim, Hak-Bong (한국항공대학교)
Jang, Jo-Won (한국항공대학교)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.34, no.12, 2006 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
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$.
Keywords
Unsteady flow; Near-wake; Ensemble Average; NACA 0012 Airfoil;
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