An experimental study of a high performance canard airfoil with boundary layer trip and vortex generators

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. BRAGG ◽  
G. GREGOREK
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Vortex Generators

Experimental Study on the Effect of Vortex Generator on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of NASA LS-0417 Airfoil

2015 ◽  
Vol 758 ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sutardi ◽  
Agung E. Nurcahya
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Vortex Generator ◽  
Boundary Layer Separation ◽  
Chord Length ◽  
Vortex Generators ◽  
Airfoil Surface ◽  
Freestream Velocity ◽  
Drag And Lift

Boundary layer flow structure developing on an airfoil surfaces strongly affects drag and lift forces acting on the body. Many studies have been done to reduce drag, such as introducing surface roughness on the airfoil surface, gas injection, attachment of vortex generators, or moving surface on the airfoil. Previous results showed that the attachment of vortex generators has potentially been able to control boundary layer separation compared to other controlling devices. This study is focused on the evaluation of the effect of vortex generator attachment on the NASA LS-0417 airfoil profile as this profile is commonly used in wind turbine blade application. The models of this experimental study are NASA LS-0417 profiles, with and without vortex generator. The chord length of the profile is 110 mm, while the span is 210 mm. Profile of the vortex generator is a symmetrical profile of NACA 0012 configured in counter rotating and attached on the upper surface of the main profile. The chord length of the vortex generator is 7 mm with two different values of the height (h): 1 mm and 2 mm. The experiment was conducted in an open loop wind tunnel with maximum attainable freestream velocity of approximately 19 m/s and the turbulence intensity at the tunnel centerline is approximately 0.8%. The wind tunnel cross section is octagonal of 30 cm x 30 cm and of 45 cm to 60 cm adjustable length. The study was performed at two different freestream velocities of 12 m/s and 17 m/s corresponding with Reynolds numbers (Re) of 0.83 x 105 and 1.18 x 105 based on the airfoil chord length and the freestream velocity. Angle of attact (α) was varied from 0o to 24o. Drag and lift were measured using a force balance with measurement uncertainty of approximately 0.77% and 2.47% at measured drag of 0.65N and at measured lift of 0.202N, respectively. A flow visualization study using oil flow method was conducted to obtain qualitaive picture of flow structure on the airfoil surface. Results of this study showed that attachment of the vortex generator on the NASA LS-0417 profile has not been able to improve the profile performance compared to that of unmodified profile. There, however, seems Reynolds number effect on the airfoil performance flow conditions performed in this study. At lager Re, there is an increase in CL/CD of approximately 36% at angle of attack (α) 6o. Next, based on the flow visualization results, attachment of the 2mm vortex generator on the airfoil NASA LS-0417 surface results in an advancement of boundary layer separation at the two Re’s conducted in this study. Finally, the 2mm vortex generator accelerates airfoil stall at approximately 16o, while the 1mm vortex generator is relatively no effect on the airfoil stall angle.

scholarly journals AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF VORTEX GENERATOR ON THE FLAT-PLATE BOUNDARY LAYER

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
عباس فاضل محمود ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Average Distance ◽  
Plate Boundary ◽  
Vortex Generator ◽  
Vortex Generators ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Drag Coefficients ◽  
Flat Plate Boundary Layer

This paper is dealing with an experimental study to show the influence of the geometric characteristics of the vortex generators VG son the thickness of the boundary layer (∂) and drag coefficients (CD) of the flat plate. Vortex generators work effectively on medium and high angles of attack, since they are "hidden" under the boundary layer and practically ineffective at low angles. The height of VGs relative to the thickness of the boundary layer enables us to study the efficacy of VGs in delaying boundary layer separation. The distance between two VGs also has an effect on the boundary layer if we take into account the interference between two pairs of VGs. The effect of the changing in (h- the height of vortex generator, d- the average distance between tow vortex generators) on the thickness of the flat plate boundary layer and the drag coefficients has been studied for triangular vortex generator. The measurements of the vortex generator have been changed to determine the optimum boundary layer thickness and the change in drag coefficients. An experiment was done at an average free stream velocity, (U∞,) of 28 m/s. The experiment was conducted in the wind tunnel UTAD-2 University (NAU) Kiev, Ukraine.

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