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Measurement and prediction of mean velocity and turbulence structure in the near wake of an airfoil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

C. Hah  and
B. Lakshminarayana
C. Hah
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.
B. Lakshminarayana
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.
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Abstract

An experimental investigation of the near wake of a thin airfoil at various incidence angles is reported in this paper. The airfoil (NACA 0012 basic thickness form) was located in a wind tunnel, and the wake structure was measured using hot-wire sensors. The measurements of mean-velocity, turbulence intensity and Reynolds-stress components across the wake at several distances downstream show the complex nature of the near wake and its asymmetrical behaviour. The asymmetry in the wake property, which is maintained up to a length of 1·5 chords downstream of the trailing edge of the blade, is dependent on the incidence angle of the inlet flow. The streamwise velocity defect in an asymmetric wake decays more slowly compared to that of a symmetric wake. The streamline curvature due to the blade loading has a substantial effect on the mean velocity profile as well as the turbulence structure. The numerical study of the same wake indicates that the existing turbulence closure models need some modification to account for the asymmetric characteristics of the wake.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 115 , February 1982 , pp. 251 - 282
Copyright
© 1982 Cambridge University Press

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