Low-Reynolds-Number Effects on Delta-Wing Aerodynamics

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance W. Traub ◽  
Brian Moeller ◽  
Othon Rediniotis
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Delta Wing ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Reynolds Number Effects ◽  
Low Reynolds ◽  
Wing Aerodynamics

Experimental Investigation on Blunt-Edged UTM Delta Wing VFE-2 Configurations at Low Reynolds Number

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zal Aminullah Daman Huri ◽  
Shabudin Bin Mat ◽  
Mazuriah Said ◽  
Shuhaimi Mansor ◽  
Md. Nizam Dahalan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Delta Wing ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Low Reynolds

Low Reynolds Number Open Channel Flows Over a Backward Facing Step

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afua A. Ampadu-Mintah ◽  
Mark F. Tachie
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Reynolds Shear Stress ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Backward Facing Step ◽  
Closed Channel ◽  
Freestream Velocity ◽  
Reynolds Number Effects ◽  
Low Reynolds

Low Reynolds number effects on turbulent flows over a backward facing step (BFS) in an open channel were investigated. The Reynolds numbers based on momentum thickness (θ) and step height (h) are in the range 590 ≤ Reθ ≤ 1950 and 950 ≤ Reh ≤ 2900, respectively. The Froude number based on the approach water depth and freestream velocity varied from 0.12 to 0.37. A particle image velocimetry technique was used to measure the velocity field. The flow patterns in the reattachment and redevelopment regions are qualitatively similar for all the three Reynolds numbers studied. The mean velocity profiles in outer coordinates do not exhibit significant Reynolds number effects downstream of the BFS. On the contrary, the turbulence intensities and Reynolds shear stress do not show Reynolds number similarity. As expected, similarity with the upstream profile improves with increasing streamwise distance from the reattachment point. Data obtained in this study were also compared with previous measurements made over backward facing step in a closed channel to study free surface effects. The results showed that deviation of flow over BFS in open channel from flow over BFS in a closed channel is more significant in the immediate vicinity of the step.

Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Low Reynolds Number Effects on Laminar Flow Separation and Transition in a Cascade of Compressor Blades

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunji Enomoto ◽  
C. Hah ◽  
G. V. Hobson
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Flow Separation ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Compressor Blade ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Flow Transition ◽  
Reynolds Number Effects ◽  
Low Reynolds

The results of an experimental and numerical comparison of the effects of low Reynolds number on flow separation and transition in a controlled-diffusion compressor cascade are presented. The flow separation and subsequent flow transition are associated with low Reynolds number effects in the compressor blade rows. Current steady-state Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes codes with available turbulence and transition models do not calculate the current flow phenomena properly. An unsteady three-dimensional Navier-Stokes calculation that applies a third-order accurate upwind method has been performed and the numerical results are compared to the measurements in detail. The results from the current numerical procedure agree very well with the measurements in terms of laminar flow separation, reattachment, and subsequent flow transition at low Reynolds numbers. The present study indicates that flow separation and flow transition inside compressor blade rows at low Reynolds number are phenomena dominated by relatively larger eddies near the wall and can be simulated with the current type of unsteady numerical procedure.

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