Numerical Analysis of a Flat Plate in a Pitching Motion

Autor: Shigeaki Kuroda, Hideyuki Ohba
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series B. 58:3640-3645
ISSN: 1884-8346
0387-5016
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.58.3640
Popis: Flows around a flat plate during a pitching motion in a uniform crossflow are studied numerically. The flat plate makes a cycle of pitching motion about its mid-chord position at a constant angular velocity. The body-fitted grid generation with moving boundaries is used to obtain the numerical solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The time-dependent curvilinear coordinate system which coincides with a contour of a moving boundary is transformed into a fixed rectangular coordinate system in a calculational plane. The changes in the streamlines, CD and CL, during the pitching motion are obtained. The results of present analysis show good agreement with those of previous experiments.
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