The aim of present study is to investigate the effect of chord-wise flexure amplitude on unsteady aerodynamic characteristics for a flapping airfoil with various combinations of Reynolds number and reduced frequency. Unsteady, viscous flows over a single flexible airfoil in plunge motion are computed using conformal hybrid meshes. The dynamic mesh technique is applied to illustrate the deformation modes of the flexible flapping airfoil. In order to investigate the influence of the flexure amplitude on the aerodynamic performance of the flapping airfoil, the present study considers eight different flexure amplitudes (a(Ind 0)) ranging from 0 to 0.7 in intervals of 0.1 under conditions of Re = 104, reduced frequency k = 2, and dimensionless plunge amplitude h(Ind 0) = 0.4. The computed unsteady flow fields clearly reveal the formation and evolution of a pair of leading edge vortices along the body of the flexible airfoil as it undergoes plunge motion. Thrust-indicative wake structures are generated when the flexure amplitude of the airfoil is less than 0.5 of the chord length. An enhancement in the propulsive efficiency is observed for a flapping airfoil with flexure amplitude of 0.3 of the chord length. This study also calculates the propulsive efficiency and thrust under various Reynolds numbers and reduced frequency conditions. The results indicate that the propulsive efficiency has a strong correlation with the reduced frequency. It is found that the flow conditions which yield the highest propulsive efficiency correspond to Strouhal number St of 0.255.


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    Title :

    Effect of flexure on aerodynamic propulsive efficiency of flapping flexible airfoil


    Additional title:

    Einfluß der Biegung auf die aerodynamische Vortriebseffektivität schlagender flexibler Strömungsprofile


    Contributors:
    Miao, J.M. (author) / Ho, M.H. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    19 Seiten, 20 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 22 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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