Three different sets of experiments are designed to reveal the behavior of the vortex flow over a delta wing with different fin heights. A sharp-edged flat-plate delta wing with an 82.6-deg-sweep angle is tested in low-speed wind tunnels at angles of attack up to 35 deg. The same tests are performed on an identical delta-wing model but with a flat-plate dorsal fin. The ratio of the local fin height to the local wing semispan varies from 0.3 to 1.5. The results of smoke laser-sheet visualization, particle image velocimetry, and force measurement are obtained and presented. The test results show that the vortices over the delta-wing-alone model at high angles of attack and zero sideslip are stable, symmetric, and steady before vortex breakdown, but a low dorsal fin renders the originally symmetric vortices asymmetric at the same angle of attack; the flow recovers symmetry and conicity when a higher fin is added. These results are in agreement with predictions by the stability theoryCaiet al., (“Stability of Symmetric Vortices in Two Dimensions and over Three-Dimensional Slender Conical Bodies,”
Effect of Dorsal Fin on Symmetry of Vortices over Slender Delta Wing
AIAA Journal ; 54 , 8 ; 2277-2284
2016-06-13
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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