Vortex Interaction on a Canard-wing Configuration

Vortex Interaction on a Canard-wing Configuration

Author: Wladimiro Calarese

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 270

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This experiment studies the interaction of vortices shed by the canard and wing's leading edges, and their effect on the aircraft aerodynamic characteristics. A close-coupled canard-wing configuration was selected and tested in different wind tunnels and at different conditions. Tunnel and model size effects, Mach number, angle of attack, and spanwise blowing effects on the vortex interaction were analyzed. Intrusive (hot wires) and non-intrusive (laser doppler velocimeters) data acquisition techniques were used and compared to enhance the reliability of the results. Flow visualization by tufts, oil, and laser light sheets were employed. Mean velocities, vortex turbulence intensities, and Reynolds stresses obtained for different conditions were compared and found to be generally consistent. Mach number, wind tunnel, and model size effects were in general small. Turbulence intensities and stresses increased with angles of attack. Spanwise blowing produced a small favorable effect. The use of a coplanar canard produced a small favorable interaction between the leading edge vortices, while the off-set canard produced a considerable increase in the lift/drag ratio. Keywords: Vortex flow; Subsonic flow; Close-coupled canards; Vortex shedding.


Turbulent Shear Flows I

Turbulent Shear Flows I

Author: F. Durst

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 3642463959

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The present book contains papers that have been selected from contributions to the First International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows which was held from the 18th to 20th April 1977 at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA. Attend ees from close to 20 countries presented over 100 contributions at this meeting in which many aspects of the current activities in turbulence research were covered. Five topics received particular attention at the Symposium: Free Flows Wall Flows Recirculating Flows Developments in Reynolds Stress Closures New Directions in Modeling This is also reflected in the five chapters of this book with contributions from research workers from different countries. Each chapter covers the most valuable contributions of the conference to the particular chapter topic. Of course, there were many additional good con tributions to each subject at the meeting but the limitation imposed on the length of this volume required that a selection be made. The realization of the First International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows was p- sible by the general support of: U. S. Army Research Office U. S. Navy Research Office Continuing Education Center of The Pennsylvania State University The conference organization was carried out by the organizing committee consisting of: F. Durst, Universitat Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Fed. Rep. of Germany V. W. Goldschmidt, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. , USA B. E. Launder, University of California, Davis, Calif. , USA F. W. Schmidt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Penna.


Thick Axisymmetric Turbulent Boundary Layer and Near Wake of a Low-drag Body of Revolution

Thick Axisymmetric Turbulent Boundary Layer and Near Wake of a Low-drag Body of Revolution

Author: Virendrakumar Chaturbhai Patel

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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Detailed measurements of pressure distributions, mean velocity profiles and Reynolds stresses were made in the thick, axisymmetric boundary layer and the near wake of a low-drag body of revolution. The data are presented in graphical as well as tabular form for convenience in later analysis. These measurements shed some light on the joint influence of transverse and longitudinal surface curvatures and pressure gradients on the boundary-layer development and on the manner in which an axisymmetric boundary layer becomes a fully-developed wake. Apart from giving a complete set of data on such an important flow configuration, the measurements should provide a fairly rigorous test case for some of the recent turbulence closure models which claim a level of generality not achieved by the older phenomenological models. By inclusion of recently proposed modifications to account for the effects of the extra rates of strain on the turbulence length scale arising from longitudinal and transverse surface curvatures, it is shown that the boundary layer in the tail region of a body of revolution is dominated by the extra strain rates and that more research is needed to account for them properly even in the most recent calculation procedures.


Marine Propulsors

Marine Propulsors

Author: Sverre Steen

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2018-10-10

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 3038972029

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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Marine Propulsors" that was published in JMSE


Aeronautical Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13:

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A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system and announced in Scientific and technical aerospace reports (STAR) and International aerospace abstracts (IAA)