Water-tunnel Experiments on an Oscillating Airfoil at RE
Author : Kenneth W. McAlister
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Aerofoils
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Author : Kenneth W. McAlister
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Aerofoils
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Author : Kenneth W. McAlister
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Page : 88 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Aerofoils
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 1973
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Author : Daniel E. Fredberg
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Page : 214 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Aerofoils
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Author : Eastman Nixon Jacobs
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 14,63 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Cavitation
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This report describes a model water tunnel built in 1928 to investigate the possibility of using water tunnels for aerodynamics investigations at large scales. The model tunnel is similar to an open-throat wind tunnel, but uses water for the working fluid. Results are given of tests of the tunnel and also of some observations made with model airfoils in the tunnel to study the phenomena of cavitation. It is concluded that a water tunnel does not offer a convenient method of making aerodynamic investigations at large scales. A large diameter water tunnel would be of value chiefly for use in the study of cavitation.
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Aeronautics
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Author : Claus M. Dohring
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Page : 148 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 1996-06-01
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ISBN : 9781423581031
The wake of an airfoil which oscillates in pure plunge mode is investigated in a water tunnel over a wide range of reduced frequency and amplitude. The main focus of this study is the comparison of the experimentally determined wake geometry with numerical results from a potential flow code. The wake vortices are visualized by two-color dye injection and velocity profiles are measured with LDV upstream and downstream of the airfoil. Wake signatures are examined with regard to thrust or drag generation. There is a good agreement between calculated and experimental data of the vortical wavelength. At high plunge velocities both approaches show a loss of wake symmetry and the emergence of a dual mode wake behavior.
Author : Carlos Horacio Gelfi
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Page : 74 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 1977
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Page : 704 pages
File Size : 20,73 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Aeronautics
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Author : James F. Unruh
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 20,52 MB
Release : 1988
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The SwRI large water tunnel was modified by the addition of a large test section (.71 m x .81 m x 1.8 m long) to provide low Reynolds number flows with low blockage for models in a highly separated flow condition. Flow characteristics are documented and other physical features are described. The feasibility of conducting water tunnel experiments involving unsteady aero-hydrodynamics was demonstrated by performing a series of flow visualization studies on a oscillating airfoil (NACA 0012). This experiment was carried out at a reduced fully separated until 17 degress angle of attack, and the downstream wash of the separated flow occurred at 22 degrees. (mjm).