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SEPARATION CONTROL MECHANISM USING SYNTHETIC JET ON AIRFOIL (익형에서의 synthetic jet을 이용한 박리제어 mechanism)

  • Kim, S.H.;Kim, W.;Hong, W.;Kim, C.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.60-66
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    • 2007
  • Separation control has been performed using synthetic jets on airfoil at high angle of attack. Computed results demonstrated that stall characteristics and control surface performance could be substantially improved by resizing separation vortices. It was observed that the actual flow control mechanism and flow structure is fundamentally different depending on the range of synthetic jet frequency. For low frequency range, small vortices due to synthetic jet penetrated to the large leading edge separation vortex, and as a result, the size of the leading edge vortex was remarkably reduced. For high frequency range, however, small vortex did not grow up enough to penetrate into the leading edge separation vortex. Instead, synthetic jet firmly attached the local flow and influenced the circulation of the virtual airfoil shape which is the combined shape of the main airfoil with the separation vortex. Theses results show the characteristic of unsteady flow of single synthetic jet. Beside, we researched on multi-array synthetic jet to obtain applicable synthetic jet velocity. Multi-location synthetic jet is proposed to eliminate small vortex on suction surface of airfoil. With the results, we concluded that the flow around airfoil is stable by high frequency synthetic jet with elimination of small vortex and confirmation of stable flow. Moreover, performance of multi-array/multi-location synthetic jet can be improved by changing phase angle of multi-location synthetic jet.

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Effects of Free-Stream Turbulence Intensity and Blowing Ratio on Film Cooling of Turbine Blade Leading Edge (자유유동 난류강도와 분사비가 터빈 블레이드 선단 막냉각 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, S.M.;Kim, Youn-J.;Cho, H.H.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.11b
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    • pp.746-751
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    • 2001
  • We used a cylindrical model which simulates turbine blade leading edge to investigate the effects of free-stream turbulence intensity and blowing ratio on film cooling of turbine blade leading edge. Tests are carried out in a low-speed wind tunnel on a cylindrical model with three rows of injection holes. Mainstream Reynolds number based on the cylinder diameter was $7.1\times10^4$. Two types of turbulence grid are used to increase a free-stream turbulence intensity. The effect of coolant blowing ratio was studied for various blowing ratios. For each blowing ratios, wall temperatures around the surface of the test model are measured by thermocouples installed inside the model. Results show that blowing ratios have small effect on spanwise-averaged film effectiveness at high free-stream turbulence intensity. However, an increase in free-stream turbulence intensity enhances significantly spanwise-averaged film effectiveness at low blowing ratio.

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Reducing the wind pressure at the leading edge of a noise barrier

  • Han, Seong-Wook;Kim, Ho-Kyung;Park, Jun-Yong;Ahn, Sang Sup
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.185-196
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    • 2020
  • A method to reduce the wind pressure at the leading edge of a noise barrier was investigated by gradually lowering the height of a member added to the end of the noise barrier. The shape of the lowered height of the added member was defined by its length and slope, and the optimal variable was determined in wind tunnel testing via the boundary-layer wind profile. The goal of the optimal shape was to reduce the wind pressure at the leading edge of the noise barrier to the level suggested in the Eurocode and to maintain the base-bending moment of the added member at the same level as the noise-barrier section. Using parametric wind tunnel investigation, an added member with a slope of 1:2 that protruded 1.2 times the height of the noise barrier was proposed. This added member is expected to simplify, or at least minimize, the types of column members required to equidistantly support both added members and noise barriers, which should thereby improve the safety and construction convenience of noise-barrier structures.

Rotor leading edge thickness effect on supersonic impulse turbine performance (초음속 충동형 터빈의 로터 전익 두께가 성능 변화에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Hang-Gi;Jung, Eun-Hwan;Park, Pyun-Gu;Kim, Jin-Han
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2010.11a
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    • pp.149-152
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    • 2010
  • It was investigated that effect of the supersonic impulse turbine rotor leading edge thickness which was the part of 75 ton open cycle liquid rocket engine turbopump. The test for turbine was performed that the rotor thickness to pitch ratio was 1.9 and 1.4 to 30 ton turbine. As a result of test, the rotor with lower thickness(1.4) had 1.5% efficiency gain to the higher thickness(1.9) and the pressure ratio with maximum efficiency was increased to the nozzle full expansion point.

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Dynamic Stall Control with Droop Leading Edge and Gurney Flap (앞전 Droop과 Gurney 플랩을 이용한 동적 실속 제어)

  • Lee, Bo-Sung;Yee, Kwan-Jung;Joo, Wan-Don;Lee, Dong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.10-17
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    • 2004
  • To achieve the advanced forward flight performance of helicopter, the passive control methods for enhancement of the dynamic stall characteristics of rotor blades are studied. To enhance the dynamic stall characteristics of the rotor blades, it is essential to improve the lift performance and the pitching moment performance simultaneously with the control of the separation on the rotor blades. For this point of view, both the fixed droop leading edge and the Gurney flap which are simply realized are used for control of the dynamic stall in severe dynamic stall conditions. From this study, the combination of both passive control methods showed dramatic enhancement of lift and pitching moment performance in dynamic stall than previous research results.

Computations of Droplet Impingement on Airfoils in Two-Phase Flow

  • Kim, Sang-Dug;Song, Dong-Joo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.12
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    • pp.2312-2320
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    • 2005
  • The aerodynamic effects of leading-edge accretion can raise important safety concerns since the formulation of ice causes severe degradation in aerodynamic performance as compared with the clean airfoil. The objective of this study is to develop a numerical simulation strategy for predicting the particle trajectory around an MS-0317 airfoil in the test section of the NASA Glenn Icing Research Tunnel and to investigate the impingement characteristics of droplets on the airfoil surface. In particular, predictions of the mean velocity and turbulence diffusion using turbulent flow solver and Continuous Random Walk method were desired throughout this flow domain in order to investigate droplet dispersion. The collection efficiency distributions over the airfoil surface in simulations with different numbers of droplets, various integration time-steps and particle sizes were compared with experimental data. The large droplet impingement data indicated the trends in impingement characteristics with respect to particle size ; the maximum collection efficiency located at the upper surface near the leading edge, and the maximum value and total collection efficiency were increased as the particle size was increased. The extent of the area impinged on by particles also increased with the increment of the particle size, which is similar as compared with experimental data.

Controlling Horseshoe Vortex by the Leading-Edge Chamfer Groove in a Generic Wing-Body Junction (일반적인 블레이드 형상에서의 앞전 모서리 홈에 의한 말굽와류 제어)

  • Cho, Jong-Jae;Choe, Byeong-Ik;Kim, Jae-Min;Kim, Kui-Soon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.185-191
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    • 2008
  • The aerodynamic losses so attributed to the endwall - usually termed secondary flow losses or secondary losses - can be as high as 30$\sim$50% of the total aerodynamic losses in a blade or stator row. Inlet guide vanes, with lower total turning and higher convergence ratios, will have smaller secondary losses, amounting to as much as 20% of total loss for an inlet stator row. These are important part for improving a turbine efficiency. The present study deals with a leading edge chamfer groove on a wing-body to investigate the vortex generation and characteristics of a horseshoe vortex with the installed height, and depth of the groove. The current study is investigated with $FLUENT^{TM}$.

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Controlling the Horseshoe Vortex by Leading-Edge Chamfer at a Generic Wing-Body Junction (단순 날개-몸체 접합부에서의 앞전 모서리 홈에 의한 말굽와류 제어)

  • Cho, Jong-Jae;Kim, Kui-Soon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.26-34
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    • 2009
  • Secondary flow losses can be as high as 30~50% of the total aerodynamic losses for a turbo-machinery blade or stator row. These are important part for improving a turbine efficiency. Therefore, many studies have been performed to decrease the secondary flow losses. The present study deals with the chamfered leading-edge at a generic wing-body junction to decrease the horseshoe vortex, one of factors to generate the secondary flow losses, and investigates the vortex generation and the characteristics of the horseshoe vortex with the chamfered height, and depth of the chamfer by using $FLUENT^{TM}$. It was found that the total pressure loss for the best case can be decreased about 1.55% compare to the baseline case.

Aerodynamic mitigation of wind loads on a large-span cantilevered roof: A combined wind tunnel and CFD analysis

  • Chen Fubin;Wang Weijia;Yang Danqing;Zhenru Shu
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.203-214
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    • 2024
  • Large-span cantilevered roof represents a unique type of structure that is vulnerable to wind loads. Inspired by the need to maximumly reducing the rooftop wind loads, this study examined the feasibility of positioning vented slots on the leading edge, and the effectiveness of such aerodynamic mitigation measures are assessed via both physical and numerical simulations. The reliability of numerical simulation was evaluated via comparisons with the wind tunnel tests. The results indicated that, the variation of venting hole arrangement can cause significant change in the rooftop wind load characteristics. For the cases involved in this study, the maximum reduction of mean and peak wind suction coefficients are found to be 9% and 8% as compared to the original circular slot without venting holes. In addition, the effect of slot shape is also evident. It was shown that the triangular shaped slot tends to increase the wind suction near the leading edge, whereas the hexagonal and octagonal shaped slots are found to decrease the wind suction. In particular, with the installation of octagonal shaped slot, the maximum reduction of wind suction coefficients near the leading edge reaches up to 31% as compared to the circular shaped slot, while the maximum reduction of mean wind suction coefficients is about 30%.

Flow Control of Smart UAV Airfoil Using Synthetic Jet Part 1 : Flow control in Hovering Mode Using Synthetic Jet (Synthetic jet을 이용한 스마트 무인기(SUAV) 유동제어 Part 1 : 정지 비행 모드에서 synthetic jet을 이용한 유동제어)

  • Kim, Min-Hee;Kim, Sang-Hoon;Kim, Woo-Re;Kim, Chong-Am;Kim, Yu-Shin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.37 no.12
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    • pp.1173-1183
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    • 2009
  • In order to reduce the download around the Smart UAV(SUAV) at hovering, flow control using synthetic jet has been performed. Many of the complex tilt rotor flow features are captured including the leading and trailing edge separation, and the large region of separated flow beneath the wing. In order to control the leading edge and trailing edge separation, synthetic jet is located at 0.01c, $0.3c_{flap}$, $0.95c_{flap}$. As non-dimensional frequency, the flow pattern is altered and the rate of drag reduction is changed. The results show that synthetic jets shorten the vortex period and decrease the vortex size by changing local flow structure. By using leading edge jet and trailing edge jet, download is efficiently reduced compared to no control case at hovering mode.