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Visualization Study of Dragonfly Type Wing : Reduced Frequency (잠자리 유형 날개의 가시화 연구 : 무차원 진동수)

  • Kim Song Hak;Chang Jo Won
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.14-17
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    • 2004
  • A purpose of this visual experiment is to investigate the effect of reduced frequency qualitatively by examining wake pattern change for insect flying motion. Insect is composed of two pair wing with forewing and hindwing, flying motion of insect is performed pitching and plunging so it makes a separation over the wings. The separation affects at the wake pattern and changed wake pattern has an influence on lift, drag and propulsion. This experiment is conducted by using a smoke wire technique and a camera is fixed at hindwing to take a photograph of wake. An electronic device is mounted below test section to find exact the mean positional angle of wing. The reduced frequency in experiment is 0.15, 0.3 and 0.45. We obtained the result which that reduced frequency is closely related to wake pattern that determines flight efficiency.

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Effect of Incidence Angle on the Wake Turbulence of a Turbine Rotor Blade (입사각이 터빈 동익의 후류 난류유동에 미치는 영향)

  • Chang, Sung-Il;Lee, Sang-Woo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.29 no.8 s.239
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    • pp.887-894
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes effects of incidence angle on the wake turbulent flow of a high-turning turbine rotor blade. For three incidence angles of -5, 0 and 5 degrees, energy spectra as well as profiles of mean velocity magnitude and turbulence intensity at mid-span are reported in the wake. Vortex shedding fiequencies are obtained from the energy spectra. The result shows that as the incidence angle changes from -5 to 5 degrees, the suction-side wake tends to be widened and the deviation angle is increased. Strouhal numbers based on the shedding fiyequencies have a nearly constant value, regardless of the tested incidence angles.

A Computational Study on Turbulent Flow Characteristics around Full-form Tankers

  • Van, Suak-Ho;Kim, Hyoung-Tae
    • Journal of Hydrospace Technology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 1996
  • This paper presents the result of a computational study on the wake characteristics of two tanker models, i.e. HSVA and Mystery hull forms. The focus of the study is on the distributions of axial, radial and tangential velocities of the two hull forms in way of the propeller, especially over the propeller disk. The effect of bilge vortices on the velocity distribution is also concerned. For the computation of stern and wake flows of the two hull farms, the incompressible Reynolds-Averaged Wavier-Stokes(RANS) equations are numerically solved by the second order finite difference method, which employs a four stage Runge-Kutta scheme with a residual averaging technique and the Baldwin-Lomax model. The calculated pressure distributions on the hull surface and the axial, radial and tangential velocity distributions over the propeller disk are presented for the two hull forms. Finally, the result of wake analysis for the computed wake distribution over the propeller disk is given in comparison with those for the experimental wake distribution fur the both hull forms.

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Study on the Wake Roll-up Behind Multiple Wings in Formation Flight (편대비행 하는 항공기 날개들에서 발생하는 후류말림 연구)

  • Han, Cheolheui
    • Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2020
  • The wake shapes behind wings in formation flight are very important to the aerodynamics and performances of aircrafts. In the present study, a discrete vortex methood is extended to handle the wake rollups behind multiple wings. It was found that the relative distance between the wings and the rotational direction of the wingtip vortices have significant effect on the movement of the wingtip vortices. When the wings are close to each other, the wingtip vortices moved faster than the wings of large relative distances. The vortex pair of opposite signs generated from each wingtip has an effect of moving the wingtip vortices upward. The relative height between the wings has an effect of moving the wingtips along the centerline of each vortex. The wakeshape behind multiple wings is a function of the relative distances and thus is dependent on the configuration of the formation flight. In the futhre, a study on the vortex movement pattern will be studied.

Numerical Simulations of Unsteady Wakes Using a Discrete Vortex Method (이산와류법을 이용한 비정상 후류의 수치적 모사)

  • Han, Cheol-Hui;Choe, Geun-Hyeong;Jo, Jin-Su
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.397-404
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    • 2001
  • The behavior of unsteady wake vortices for the two-dimensional flat plate is simulated by a discrete vortex method. The flat plates and their wakes are represented by vortex sheets. The vortex sheets are replaced with discrete vortices. The freely deforming wake sheets are computed as a part of solution and the ground effect is included by a image method. In order to predict wake shapes accurately and to model closely coupled aerodynamic interference, a vortex core model and a vortex core addition scheme are used. The simulated wake shapes convecting behind the plates in unsteady motion are compared to a flow visualization result and other numerical results. The present results agree well with them. The present method is also applied to the aerodynamic analysis of flat plates in tandem configuration in ground effect.

A Numerical Investigation on the Wake Flow Characteristics and Rear-Spoiler Effect of a Large-Sized Bus Body (대형버스 바디모델의 후류특성 및 후미 스포일러 효과에 관한 해석적 고찰)

  • 김민호;국종영;천인범
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.126-133
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    • 2003
  • The aerodynamic characteristics of automobiles have received substantial interest recently. Detailed knowledge of the vehicle aerodynamics is essential to improve fuel efficiency and enhance stability at high-speed cruising. In this study, a numerical simulation has been carried out for three-dimensional turbulent flows around a commercial bus body. Also, the effect of rear-spoiler attached at rear end of bus body was investigated. The Wavier-Stokes equation is solved with SIMPLE method in general curvilinear coordinates system. RNG $k-\varepsilon$ turbulence model with the MARS scheme was used for the evaluating aerodynamic forces, velocity and pressure distribution. The results showed details of the three-dimensional wake flow in the immediate rear of bus body and the effect of rear-spoiler on the wake structure. A maximum of 14% reduction in drag coefficient was achieved for a model with a rear-spoiler.

The Study on the Application of RE-CAT and Effectiveness (Wake Turbulence RE-CAT 적용과 효과성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Sang Il;Choi, Ji Ho;Yu, Soo Jeong;Lim, Min Sung;Oh, Min Ha;Lee, Soo Jung;Kim, Hyeon Mi;Kim, Hui Yang
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.34-43
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    • 2021
  • Wake turbulence generated by the lead aircraft has a significant impact on the following aircraft and it is has been considered a key factor to consider whenin determining the longitudinal separation between the aircraft. ICAO classifies aircraft into four wake turbulence categories based on the maximum takeoff weight and provides the longitudinal separation minima for each category. Due to richer measured data and better understanding of physical processes, it is raised that classifying aircraft with only four wake turbulence grades is imprecise and leads to over-separation in many instances. In this regards, much research on a new method of classifying Wake Turbulence Category(Re-CAT) has been done by EURO-CONTROL, FAA, and ICAO. The main purpose of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the existing wake turbulence separation standards with Re-CAT in terms of departure capacity and the resulting benefits of Re-CAT using the data from the Incheon International Airport. The results show that EUROCONTROL and new ICAO standards have the greater effect on reducing wake turbulence separation, compared to the FAA RE-CAT standards. It is also concluded that Re-CAT presents different results of wake turbulence separation depending on the flight characteristics of each airport.

Development of an Unsteady Aerodynamic Analysis Module for Rotor Comprehensive Analysis Code

  • Lee, Joon-Bae;Yee, Kwan-Jung;Oh, Se-Jong;Kim, Do-Hyung
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.23-33
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    • 2009
  • The inherent aeromechanical complexity of a rotor system necessitated the comprehensive analysis code for helicopter rotor system. In the present study, an aerodynamic analysis module has been developed as a part of rotorcraft comprehensive program. Aerodynamic analysis module is largely classified into airload calculation routine and inflow analysis routine. For airload calculation, quasi-steady analysis model is employed based on the blade element method with the correction of unsteady aerodynamic effects. In order to take unsteady effects - body motion effects and dynamic stall - into account, aerodynamic coefficients are corrected by considering Leishman-Beddoes's unsteady model. Various inflow models and vortex wake models are implemented in the aerodynamic module to consider wake induced inflow. Specifically, linear inflow, dynamic inflow, prescribed wake and free wake model are integrated into the present module. The aerodynamic characteristics of each method are compared and validated against available experimental data such as Elliot's induced inflow distribution and sectional normal force coefficients of AH-1G. In order to validate unsteady aerodynamic model, 2-D unsteady model for NACA0012 airfoil is validated against aerodynamic coefficients of McAlister's experimental data.

Two-Dimensional Analysis of Unsteady Flow Through One Stage of Axial Turbine (II) (1단 축류 터빈의 비정상 내부유동특성에 관한 2차원 해석 (II))

  • Park, Jun-Young;Um, In-Sik;Baek, Je-Hyun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.25 no.11
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    • pp.1518-1526
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, the mechanism of unsteady potential interaction and wake interaction in one stage axial turbine is numerically investigated at design point in two-dimensional viewpoint. The numerical technique used is the upwind scheme of Van-Leer's Flux Vector Splitting (FVS) and Cubic spline interpolation is applied on zonal interface between stator and rotor. The inviscid analysis is used to embody the influence of potential interaction only and viscous analysis is used to embody the influences of both potential interaction and wake interaction at the same time. The potential-flow disturbance from the stator into a rotor passage and the periodic blockage effect of rotor produce the unsteady pressure on the blade surface in inviscid analysis. After the wake is cut by rotor, two counterrotating votical patterns flanking the wake centerline in the passage are generated. So, these phenomena magnify the unsteady pressure in viscous analysis than that in inviscid analysis. The resulting unsteady forces on the rotor, generated by the combined interaction of the two effects by potential and wake interaction, are discussed.

Reduced Frequency Effects on the Near-Wake of an Oscillating Elliptic Airfoil

  • Chang, Jo-Won;Eun, Hee-Bong
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.8
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    • pp.1234-1245
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    • 2003
  • An experimental study was carried out to investigate the reduced frequency effect on the near-wake of an elliptic airfoil oscillating in pitch. The airfoil was sinusoidally pitched around the center of the chord between -5$^{\circ}$and +25$^{\circ}$angles of attack at an airspeed of 3.4 m/s. The chord Reynolds number and reduced frequencies were 3.3 ${\times}$10$^4$, and 0.1, 0.7, respectively Phase-averaged axial velocity and turbulent intensity profiles are presented to show the reduced frequency effects on the near-wake behind the airfoil oscillating In pitch. Axial velocity defects in the near-wake region have a tendency to increase in response to a reduced frequency during pitch up motion, whereas it tends to decrease during pitch down motion at a positive angle of attack. Turbulent intensity at positive angles of attack during the pitch up motion decreased in response to a reduced frequency, whereas turbulent intensity during the pitch down motion varies considerably with downstream stations. Although the true instantaneous angle of attack compensated for a phase-lag is large, the wake thickness of an oscillating airfoil is not always large because of laminar or turbulent separation.