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The Effect of Aspect Ratio on Aerodynamic Characteristics of Flapping Motion (날개의 종횡비가 날개 짓 운동의 공기역학적 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Oh, Hyun-Taek;Choi, Hang-Cheol;Kim, Kwang-Ho;Chung, Jin-Taek
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.217-220
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    • 2006
  • The lift and drag forces produced by a wing of a given cross-sectional profile are dependent on the wing planform and the angle of attack. Aspect ratio is the ratio of the wing span to the average chord. For conventional fixed wing aircrafts, high aspect ratio wings produce a higher lift to drag ratio than low ones for flight at subsonic speeds. Therefore, high aspect ratio wings are used on aircraft intended for long endurance. However, birds and insects flap their wings to fly in the air and they can change their wing motions. Their wing motions are made up of translation and rotation. Therefore, we tested flapping motions with parameters which affect rotational motion such as the angle of attack and the wing beat frequency. The half elliptic shaped wings were designed with the variation of aspect ratio from 4 to 11. The flapping device was operated in the water to reduce the wing beat frequency according to Reynolds similarity. In this study, the aerodynamic forces, the time-averaged force coefficients and the lift to drag ratio were measured at Reynolds number 15,000 to explore the aerodynamic characteristics with the variation of aspect ratio. The maximum lift coefficient was turned up at AR=8. The mean drag coefficients were almost same values at angle of attack from $10^{\circ}$ to $40^{\circ}$ regardless of aspect ratio, and the mean drag coefficients above angle of attack $50^{\circ}$ were decreased according to the increase of aspect ratio. For flapping motion the maximum mean lift to drag ratio appeared at AR=8.

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Effect of the Gurney Flap on NACA 0015 Airfoil (NACA 0015 익형에 대한 Gurney 플랩의 영향)

  • Yoo, Neung-Soo;Lee, Jang-Ho
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.20 no.B
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    • pp.71-76
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    • 2000
  • A numerical investigation was performed to determine the effect of the Gurney flap on NACA 0015 airfoil. A Navier-Stokes code. FLUENT, was used to calculate the flow field about the airfoil. The fully-turbulent results were obtained using the standard ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ two-equation turbulence model. The numerical solutions showed the Gurney flap increased both lift and drag. These results suggested that the Gurney flap served to increase the effective camber of the airfoil. Gurney flap provided a significant increase in lift-to-drag ratio relatively at low angle of attack and for high lift coefficient. It turned out that 0.75% chord size of flap was best. The numerical results exhibited detailed flow structures at the trailing edge and provided a possible explanation for the increased aerodynamic performance.

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Aerodynamic Performance of Gurney Flap (Gurney 플?의 공기역학적 성능)

  • Yoo, Neung-Soo;Jung, Sung-Woong
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.18
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    • pp.335-341
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    • 1998
  • A numerical investigation was performed to determine the effect of a Gurney flap on a NACA 23012 airfoil. A Navier-Stokes code, RAMPANT, 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 for our computational method, computations were performed for NACA 4412 airfoil which compared with Wedcock's experimental data. Gurney flap sizes of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2% of the airfoil chord were studied. The numerical solutions showed the Gurney flap increased both lift and drag. These results suggested that the Gurney flap served to increased the effective camber of the airfoil. But Gurney flap provided a significant increase in lift-to-drag ratio relatively at low angle of attack and for high lift coefficient. Also, it turned out that 0.5% chord size of flap was best one among them.

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Self-Starting Characteristics of Blades for Vertical Axis Wind turbine (수직축 풍력발전용 날개의 기동력특성)

  • Kim, Sung-Hoon;Kim, Young-Ik;Lee, Joon-Min
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.34-43
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    • 2020
  • A study has been done for self-starting torque of vertical axis wind turbine blade. It is especially concentrated to evaluate the torque coefficient before starting rotation. Two different aerofoils(AMI903 and AMI904) are proposed to benchmark the possible best blade(supercritical airfoil) for self-starting performance. Torque coefficients in the tangential direction of rotation are given with respect to the angle of attack in terms of drag coefficient and lift coefficient. Torque coefficient shows that the effect of Reynolds number is minimal. The thicker blade(AMI904) between two different proposed airfoils has bigger torque coefficient, which is attributed to lower lift coefficient and higher drag coefficient.

Hydrodynamic characteristics of knotless nettings for large purse seine gear (대형선망어구에 사용되는 무결절 망지의 종류별 유체역학적 특성 연구)

  • KANG, Da-Young;KIM, Hyun-Young;KOO, Myeong-Seong;LEE, Chun-Woo;CHA, Bong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.53 no.3
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    • pp.228-239
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    • 2017
  • This study investigated the drag coefficient and lift coefficient of thirteen kinds of knotless nettings used for large purse seine gear. By comparing the hydrodynamic characteristics with nets of the previous study, the characteristics of this study were derived as a purse seine gear. Thirteen kinds of nettings with different length of bar (l) and diameter (d) were used in the experiment, out of which six kinds used the 30 mm in mesh size and three kinds with 40 mm. The drag coefficient ($C_d$) also increased with increasing d/l. It can be expressed as $C_d=3.71499(d/l)+0.76595$ at a current speed 0.4 m/s and $C_d=4.30324(d/l)+0.69056$ at a current speed 0.5 m/s. Compared with previous studies, drag coefficient values were similar to knotless net of similar d/l and smaller than drag coefficient of knot net. Therefore, using knotless net in a purse seine has the advantage of reducing the resistance acting on the purse seine gear.

Numerical Calculation of Flow Pattern and Fluid Force on a Circular Arc-type Sea Anchor

  • Ro, Ki-Deok;Oh, Se-Kyung
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.8
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    • pp.1258-1269
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    • 2004
  • The fluid dynamic characteristics of a circular arc type sea anchor were calculated by a discrete vortex method. The flow for the surface of the sea anchor was represented by arranging bound vortices at adequate intervals. The simulations were performed by assuming that the separations occur at edges. With time, the drag coefficient was almost constant but the lift coefficient oscillated in a cycle due to von Karman's vortex street. As the camber ratios increase, the drag coefficient and Strouhal number were almost constant but the oscillating amplitude of the lift coefficient increased largely.

FLOW-INDUCED FORCES ON AN INCLINED SQUARE CYLINDER (기울어진 정방형 실린더에 작용하는 유체력)

  • Yoon, Dong-Hyeog;Yang, Kyung-Soo;Choi, Choon-Bum
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2009
  • Numerical investigation has been carried out for laminar flow past an inclined square cylinder in cross freestream. In particular, inclination of a square cylinder with respect to the main flow direction can cause sudden shift of the separation points to other edges, resulting in drastic change of flow-induced forces on the cylinder such as Strouhal number (St) of vortex shedding, drag and lift forces on the cylinder, depending upon the inclination angle. Collecting all the numerical results obtained, we propose contour diagrams of drag/lift coefficients and Strouhal number on an Re-Angle plane. This study would be the first step towards understanding flow-induced forces on cylindrical structures under a strong gust of wind from the viewpoint of wind hazards.

Drag Variation of NACA0012 Depending on Mach Number Using EDISON_CFD (EDISON_CFD를 이용한 Mach Number에 따른 NACA0012의 항력변화 관찰)

  • Park, Jong-Hun;Park, Su-Hyeong
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2012.04a
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    • pp.97-100
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    • 2012
  • 항력계수와 양력계수는 각각 항력, 양력을 동압과 에어포일의 코드 길이로 나눈 값으로 정의된다. 항공기의 비행에 있어서 항력과 양력은 매우 중요한 요소로 작용하며 항공기의 속도에 따라 항력과 양력은 크게 변하게 된다. 첫째로 학부과정에서 배운 마하수에 따른 항력계수의 변화, 그 중에서도 마하수 1 이상에서의 항력계수 감소에 관한 이론을 살펴보고 EDISON_CFD를 이용하여 마하수에 따른 항력계수의 값을 실제로 측정해보고 비교해보았다. 두 번째로는 EDISON_CFD로 측정한 마하수버에 따른 양력계수 값과 앞서 측정한 항력계수 값을 이용하여 NACA0012의 마하수에 따른 양력과 항력의비 (양항비)를 구하여 실제고도에서 비행 시 NACA0012의 적정 효율을 가지는 마하수를 알아보았다.

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Numerical Analysis for Flowfield of a Circular Arc Type Sea Anchor by Discrete Vortex Method (이산와법에 의한 원호형 Sea Anchor의 유동장 수치해석)

  • Ro, Ki-Deok;Kwon, Byeong-Guk;An, Heui-Chun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.22 no.8
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    • pp.1041-1051
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    • 1998
  • The fluid dynamic properties of a circular arc type sea anchor were calculated by a discrete vortex method. The flow for the surface of the sea anchor was represented by arranging bound vortices at adequate intervals. The simulations were performed by assuming that the separations occur at edges. With time, the drag coefficient was almost constant but the lift coefficient oscillated in a cycle by von Karman's vortex street. As the camber ratios increase, the drag coefficient and Strouhal number were almost constant but the oscillating amplitude of the lift coefficient increased largely.

NUMERICAL AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A TRANSONIC COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE ACCORDING TO THE ANGLE OF ATTACK AND MACH NUMBER (천음속 여객기의 받음각과 마하수에 따른 공력 해석)

  • Kim, Y.K.;Kim, S.C.;Choi, J.W.;Kim, J.S.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2008
  • This research computes the viscous flow field and aerodynamics around the model of a commercial passenger airplane, Boeing 747-400, which cruises in transonic speed. The configuration was realized through the reverse engineering based on the photo scanning measurement. In results, the pressure coefficients at the several wing section on the wing surface of the airplane was described and discussed to obtain the physical meaning. The lift coefficient increased almost linearly up to $17^{\circ}$. Here the maximum lift occurred at $18^{\circ}$ according to the angle of attack. And the minimum drag is expected at $-2^{\circ}$. The maximum lift coefficient occurred at the Mach number 0.89, and the drag coefficient rapidly increased after the Mach number of 0.92. Also shear-stress transport model predicts slightly lower aerodynamic coefficients than other models and Chen's model shows the highest aerodynamic values. The aerodynamic performance of the airplane elements was presented.