• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2014

The aerodynamic performance of a modified NACA64-418 with blunt trailing edges of irregular shape was investigated. As the trailing edge of the airfoil was thickened, the drag of the airfoil was increased due to development of a re-circulation bubble in the wake region. To reduce the drag of the airfoil with a blunt trailing edge, the optimum shape of the trailing edge for a modified NACA64-418 was investigated. The numerical results showed that the drag of the protruding shape was much more decreased than that of the retreating shape, but the lift was almost the same regardless of shape. In addition, the pitching moment of the modified NACA64-418 with a protruding sharp trailing edge was the smallest at the given angle of attack.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.493-499
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• 2015

The aerodynamic performance of blunt trailing edge airfoils was investigated. The flow fields around the modified NACA64-418, which consists of the tip blade of the wind turbine and Mexico model of IEA wind, were analyzed. To imitate the repaired airfoil, the original NACA64-418 airfoil, a cambered airfoil, is modified by the adding thickness method, which is accomplished by adding the thickness symmetrically to both sides of the camber line. The thickness ratio of the blunt trailing edge of the modified airfoil, $t_{TE}/t_{max}$, is newly defined to analyze the effects of the blunt trailing edge. The shape functions describing the upper and lower surfaces of the modified NACA64-418 with blunt trailing edge are obtained from the curve fitting of the least square method. To verify the accuracy of the present numerical analysis, the results are first compared with the experimental data of NACA64-418 with high Reynolds number, $Re=6{\times}10^6$, measured in the Langley low-turbulence pressure tunnel. Then, the aerodynamic performance of the modified NACA64-418 is analyzed. The numerical results show that the drag increases, but the lift increases insignificantly, as the trailing edge of the airfoil is thickened. Re-circulation bubbles also develop and increase gradually in size as the thickness ratio of the trailing edge is increased. These re-circulations result in an increase in the drag of the airfoil. The pressure distributions around the modified NACA64-418 are similar, regardless of the thickness ratio of the blunt trailing edge.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.475-484
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• 2012

익형 풍동시험 시 모델의 제작오차에 의해 시험 익형과 지지대 익형의 두께에서 차이가 있을 경우 시험 익형의 공력특성에 주는 영향을 양력, 항력 및 모멘트 값의 변화를 수치 해석하여 비교 및 분석하였다. 이를 위해 익형모델을 세 부분으로 나누어 제작하는 경우 가운데 위치하는 시험 익형을 기준 형상으로 하여 시험 익형 양쪽에 부착하여 지지대 역할을 하는 익형의 최대두께를 가운데 익형에 비해 작게 설정하였다. 익형모델은 NACA64- 418을 사용하였으며, 난류모델은 천이현상을 잘 예측할 수 있는 Transition SST를 사용하였다. 다양한 받음각과 레이놀즈 수에서 지지대 역할을 하는 익형모델과 두께 차이가 매우 큰 경우에도 가운데 위치한 시험 익형의 공력특성에 미치는 영향이 매우 작음을 확인하였다.