Unsteady separated boundary layers and wakes were studied by investigating flow past an oscillating airfoil which in part models the retreating blade stall on the helicopters. The Navier-Stokes equations in terms of the vorticity and stream function for laminar flow were solved to determine the flow field around a modified NACA 0012 airfoil. After a fully developed flow was determined at zero incidence, the airfoil was oscillated in pitch through an angle of attack range from 0 deg to 20 deg. The computed streamlines during this pitch-up motion are in qualitative agreement with the trajectories of air bubbles observed in water tunnel experiments conducted with a NACA 0012 airfoil under the same conditions. During the pitch-down motion of the airfoil, the computed flow patterns cannot be compared with the experiments because the trajectories of air bubbles intersect.
Dynamic stall of an oscillating airfoil
1978-02-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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