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Unsteady Aerodynamic characteristics at High Angle of Attack around Two Dimensional NACA0012 Airfoil (고 받음각 2차원 NACA0012 에어포일 주위의 비정상 공기역학적 특성)

  • Yoo, Jae-Kyeong;Kim, Jae-Soo
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.414-419
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    • 2011
  • Missile am fighter aircraft have been challenged by low restoring nose-down pitching moment at high angle of attach. The consequence of weak nose-down pitching moment can be resulting in a deep stall condition. Especially, the pressure oscillation has a huge effect on noise generation, structure damage, aerodynamic performance and safety, because the flow has strong unsteadiness at high angle of attack. In this paper, the unsteady aerodynamics coefficients were analyzed at high angle of attack up to 60 degrees around two dimensional NACA0012 airfoil. The two dimensional unsteady compressible Navier-Stokes equation with a LES turbulent model was calculated by OHOC (Optimized High-Order Compact) scheme. The flow conditions are Mach number of 0.3 and Reynolds number of $10^5$. The lift, drag, pressure distribution, etc. are analyzed according to the angle of attack. The results at a low angle of attack are compared with other results before a stall condition. From a certain high angle of attack, the strong vortex formed by the leading edge are flowing downstream as like Karman vortex around a circular cylinder. Unsteady velocity field, periodic vortex shedding, the unsteady pressure distribution on the airfoil surface, and the acoustic fields are analyzed. The effects of these unsteady characteristics in the aerodynamic coefficients are analyzed.

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LOW-SPEED AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC OF TRANSITION FLOW OVER THE NACA0012 (NACA0012 천이 유동의 저속 공력 특성 해석)

  • Jeon, Sang-Eon;Park, Soo-Hyung;Kim, Sang-Ho;Byun, Yung-Hwan;Jung, Kyung-Jin;Kang, In-Mo
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2010
  • Laminar separation bubble and transitional flow over the NACA0012 are investigated at a moderate range of Reynolds numbers. A Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes code is coupled with an empirical transition model that can predict transition onset points and the length of transition region. Without solving the boundary layer equations, approximated e-N method is directly applied to the RANS code and iteratively solved together. The computational results are compared with the experimental data for the NACA0012 airfoil. Results of transition onset point and the length are compared well with experimental data and Xfoil prediction. The present RANS results show at high angles of attack better agreement with experimental data than Xfoil results using the boundary layer equations.

Effect of Airfoil Thickness on the Optimum Gurney Flap Height (최적 Gurney 플랩크기에 대한 익형두께의 영향)

  • Yoo, Neung-Soo;Lee, Jang-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.11b
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    • pp.568-572
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    • 2000
  • A numerical investigation was performed to determine the effect of airfoil thickness on the optimum Gurney flap height using NACA 00XX series airfoils. Seven airfoils which have 3% chord thickness difference were used. These were NACA 0006, 0009, 0012, 0015, 0018, 0021, and 0024. A Navier-Stokes code, FLUENT, was used to calculate the flow field about airfoil. The fully turbulent results were obtained using the standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ two-equation turbulence model. To provide a check case fur our computational method, numerical studies for NACA 4412 airfoil were made and compared with already existing experimental data for this airfoil by Wadcock. For every NACA 00XX airfoil, Gurney flap heights ranging from 0.5% to 2.0% chord were changed by 0.5% chord interval and their effects were studied. With the numerical solutions, the relationship between $(L/D)_{max}$ and airfoil thickness as a function of flap height and the relationship between $(L/D)_{max}$ and flap height as a function of airfoil thickness were investigated. The same relationship for $(C_l)_{max}$ also were shown. From these results, the optimum flap size for each airfoil thickness can be determined and vice versa.

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A Basis Study on Optimum Design of Turbine for Wind Power Generation(II) (풍력발전용 터빈의 최적설계에 관한 기초 연구(II))

  • 김정환;김범석;김춘식;김진구;이영호
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.58-62
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    • 2001
  • A numerical investigation was performed to determine the effect of airfoil on the optimum flap. height using NACA 0006, 0009, 0012, 0015, 0018, 0021 and 0024 airfoils. The six flaps which have 0.5% chord height difference were used. A Navier-Stokes code, FLUENT, was used to calculate the flow field of the airfoil. The code was first tested as a benchmark by modelling flow around a NACA 4412 airfoil. Predictions of local pressure coefficients are found to be in good agreement with the result of the experimental result. For every NACA 00XX airfoil, flap heights ranging from 0.0% to 2.5% chord were changed by 0.5% chord interval and their effects were also studied. Representative results from each case are presented graphically and discussed. It is concluded that this initial approach gives a promise for the future development of wind turbine optimum design.

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Study about aerodynamics effects of the trailing edge thickness of airfoils (2차원 익형의 뒷전 두께의 공력효과에 대한 분석)

  • Kim, Wang-Hyeon;Nam, Do-U;Kim, Byeong-Su
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2014.03a
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    • pp.562-567
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    • 2014
  • 본 연구에서는 교육 및 연구를 위한 CFD 해석 프로그램인 EDISON_CFD를 이용하여 Symmetric airfoil(NACA0012)과 Cambered airfoil(NACA4412)의 뒷전 두께에 따른 공력 특성을 분석해보았다. Chord 길이의 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%에 해당하는 뒷전 두께를 가지는 Blunt trailing edge airfoil의 받음각에 따른 공력 특성을 비교 및 분석하고, 어떠한 장단점을 가지는지 확인하였다. 그 결과 Chord 길이의 1% 뒷전 두께를 가질 때를 제외하면 뒷전 두께가 두꺼워질수록 최대양력계수는 증가하였고, 양항비와 실속각은 감소하였다. 또한, 뒷전 두께가 두꺼워질수록 Symmetric airfoil에서는 받음각 $0^{\circ}$를 기준으로 양력곡선기울기가 증가하였고, Cambered airfoil에서는 전체적으로 양력계수가 증가함과 동시에 양력곡선기울기 또한 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

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Development of an Unstructured 2-D Chimera Technique for Overlapped Bodies in Relative Motion (2차원 비정렬 중첩격자계를 이용한 서로 겹쳐진 물체간의 상대운동 해석기법 개발)

  • An, Sang-Jun;Gwon, O-Jun;Jeong, Mun-Seung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.17-25
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    • 2006
  • In the present study, a 2-D chimera technique for overlapped bodies in relative motion is developed using unstructured triangular meshes. The solid boundary nodes located next to the intersecting point between bodies are merged to the intersecting point to assure accurate representation of the intersecting region. In order to assign proper value of flow variables at the nodes located out of the computational field, interpolation is conducted for non-active nodes. For validation, the motions of a NACA64A006 airfoil and a NACA0012 airfoil with a plane flap are computed and the results are compared with other simulations. The motion of a launching missile ejected from a NACA0012 airfoil is also simulated.

Unsteady Aerodynamic Characteristics depending on Reduced Frequency for a Pitching NACA0012 Airfoil at Rec=2.3×104

  • Kim, Dong-Ha;Chang, Jo-Won;Sohn, Myong Hwan
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.8-16
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    • 2017
  • Most of small air vehicles with moving wing fly at low Reynolds number condition and the reduced frequency of the moving wing ranges from 0.0 to 1.0. The physical phenomena over the wing dramatically vary with the reduced frequency. This study examines experimentally the effect of the reduced frequency at low Reynolds number. The NACA0012 airfoil performs sinusoidal pitching motion with respect to the quarter chord with the four reduced frequencies of 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.76 at the Reynolds number $2.3{\times}10^4$. Smoke-wire flow visualization, unsteady surface pressure measurement, and unsteady force calculation are conducted. At the reduced frequency of 0.1 and 0.2, various boundary layer events such as reverse flow, discrete vortices, separation and reattachment change the amplitude and the rotation direction of the unsteady force hysteresis. However, the boundary layer events abruptly disappear at the reduced frequency of 0.4 and 0.76. Especially at the reduced frequency of 0.76, the local variation of the unsteady force with respect to the angle of attack completely vanishes. These results lead us to the conclusion that the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of the reduced frequency of 0.2 and 0.4 are clearly distinguishable and the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics below the reduced frequency of 0.2 are governed by the boundary layer events.

Flutter Analysis of 2D Airfoil with Gurney Type Flap (Gurney 플랩이 장착된 2차원 익형의 플러터 해석)

  • Bae, Eui-Sung;Joo, Wan-Don;Lee, Dong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.18-23
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    • 2006
  • Flutter analysis of NACA 0012 with Gurney flap was conducted in time domain. Flutter analysis was performed with a conjunction of two governing equations; one is 2D Navier-Stokes equation and, the other is Lagrange equation of two dimensional plunge & pitch model. Both governing equations were coupled by loose-coupling method. From the computed results, the effect of Gurney flap was concluded to move the flutter boundary of NACA 0012 downward, which means flutter occurs at lower speed than that of NACA 0012. Although flutter boundary of gurney flap was above the safety margin when mach number was lower than 0.85, there might be a possibility of crossing the safety margin when mach number was between 0.85 and 0.9. For safety, the effect of gurney flap needs to be investigated carefully before using it.

Comparison of aerodynamic performances of various airfoils from different airfoil families using CFD

  • Kaya, Mehmet Numan;Kok, Ali Riza;Kurt, Huseyin
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.239-248
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    • 2021
  • In this study, three airfoil families, NACA, FX and S, in each case three from each series with different shapes were investigated at different angles of attack using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. To verify the CFD model, simulation results of the NACA 0012 airfoil was compared against the available experimental data and k-ω SST was used as the turbulence model. Lift coefficients, lift to drag ratios and pressure distributions around airfoils were obtained from the CFD simulations and compared each other. The simulations were performed at three Reynolds numbers, Re=2×105, 1×106and 2×106, and angle of attack was varied between -6 and 12 degrees. According to the results, similar lift coefficient values were obtained for symmetric airfoils reaching their maximum values at similar angles of attack. Maximum lift coefficients were obtained for FX 60-157 and S 4110 airfoils having lift coefficient values around 1.5 at Re=1×106 and 12 degrees of angle of attack. Flow separation occurred close to the leading edge of some airfoils at higher angles of attack, while some other airfoils were more successful in keeping the flow attached on the surface.

Numerical optimization design by computational fluid dynamics (전산유체역학을 이용한 수치 최적설계)

  • Lee, Jeong-U;Mun, Yeong-Jun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.2347-2355
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    • 1996
  • Purpose of the present study is to develop a computational design program for shape optimization, combining the numerical optimization technique with the flow analysis code. The present methodology is then validated in three cases of aerodynamic shape optimization. In the numerical optimization, a feasible direction optimization algorithm and shape functions are considered. In the flow analysis, the Navier-Stokes equations are discretized by a cell-centered finite volume method, and Roe's flux difference splitting TVD scheme and ADI method are used. The developed design code is applied to a transonic channel flow over a bump, and an external flow over a NACA0012 airfoil to minimize the wave drag induced by shock waves. Also a separated subsonic flow over a NACA0024 airfoil is considered to determine a maximum allowable thickness of the airfoil without separation.