Analysis of Strouhal number based equivalence of pitching and plunging airfoils and wake deflection

Autor:	Imran Akhtar, Naveed Durrani, Muhammad Saif Ullah Khalid
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Airfoil Physics Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Mechanics Wake Physics::Fluid Dynamics symbols.namesake Deflection (engineering) Compressibility symbols Flapping Strouhal number Equivalence (measure theory) Aerodynamic center
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 229:1423-1434
ISSN:	2041-3025 0954-4100
DOI:	10.1177/0954410014551847
Popis:	Numerical simulations have been used to analyze the equivalence of pitching and plunging motions found in a flapping NACA0012 airfoil. Two-dimensional incompressible Navier–Stokes equations are solved at Reynolds number of 103 over a range of Strouhal numbers. A novel criterion based on the Strouhal number is proposed which provides equivalence of pitching and plunging motions using the length scale traversed by the trailing edge in each case. Aerodynamic coefficients are found to match well for both the kinematics in temporal as well as spectral domains. Detailed analysis provides contribution of different mechanisms, such as vortex shedding, added mass, interaction of leading and trailing edge vortices, in the overall aerodynamic forces produced by a pitching or plunging airfoil. Wake deflection is observed for a plunging airfoil at high Strouhal numbers resulting in a bias in the lift coefficient. Further investigation reveals the dominance of second harmonic of the fundamental frequency in the lift spectrum emphasizing the role of quadratic nonlinearity in the observed phenomenon.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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