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Experimental study of the wake-modes for propulsion of two-dimensional heaving airfoils

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2005
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Particle image velocimetry and flow visualization are used to characterize the wake of a heaving airfoil in a set of two experiments. In the first experiment a tandem airfoil configuration is used, with a stationary airfoil downstream of a heaving airfoil (modified Schmidt wave-propeller). Several vortex structures are identified for a forced Strouhal number (St)---based on airfoil chord-length, forcing frequency, and free-steam velocity---for 0.1 < St < 0.7. An asymmetric average velocity profile is measured in the upper St range. In the second experiment, the wake behind a single heaving airfoil is further inspected, with the purpose of highlighting the asymmetric wake, for 0.1 < St < 1.0. A maximum wake excursion of 18 degrees is measured at St = 0.6, and a minimum excursion of 5.7 degrees occurs at St = 0.9. Using averaged velocity profiles, a virtual origin of the wake excursion is also calculated.
Title: Experimental study of the wake-modes for propulsion of two-dimensional heaving airfoils.
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Name(s): Buzard, Alan Joe.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
von Ellenrieder, Karl, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2005
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 57 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Particle image velocimetry and flow visualization are used to characterize the wake of a heaving airfoil in a set of two experiments. In the first experiment a tandem airfoil configuration is used, with a stationary airfoil downstream of a heaving airfoil (modified Schmidt wave-propeller). Several vortex structures are identified for a forced Strouhal number (St)---based on airfoil chord-length, forcing frequency, and free-steam velocity---for 0.1 < St < 0.7. An asymmetric average velocity profile is measured in the upper St range. In the second experiment, the wake behind a single heaving airfoil is further inspected, with the purpose of highlighting the asymmetric wake, for 0.1 < St < 1.0. A maximum wake excursion of 18 degrees is measured at St = 0.6, and a minimum excursion of 5.7 degrees occurs at St = 0.9. Using averaged velocity profiles, a virtual origin of the wake excursion is also calculated.
Identifier: 9780496971596 (isbn), 13216 (digitool), FADT13216 (IID), fau:12640 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2005.
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Subject(s): Particle accelerators--Research
Aerofoils
Aerodynamics
Wakes (Aerodynamics)
Flow visualization
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