Aerodynamic characteristic assessment of an airfoil using open circuit wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics
This work is an attempt to investigate the airflow characteristics around an airfoil by using the existing wind tunnel of the University Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods. These results are compared to the available trusted experimental result of the Universit...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67702/1/fk%202015%20109%20IR.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | This work is an attempt to investigate the airflow characteristics around an airfoil by
using the existing wind tunnel of the University Putra Malaysia (UPM) and
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods. These results are compared to the
available trusted experimental result of the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign UIUC (UIUC wind tunnel) for validity and assessment. A Clark Y airfoil
was available at the laboratory and used therefore as the airfoil to be investigated. This
airfoil was subjected to tests in the low-speed, open-circuit wind tunnel at different
test-section velocities (7 m/s – 14 m/s). In order to be able to verify the investigation,
the same airfoil definition with the same flow conditions as used in the wind tunnel
test was also used for CFD’s calculation by using the PHOENICS software, which
was available as supplementary joint work elaborated in a companion thesis work as
listed in the references. The results of the above two methods were compared and
analyzed. The data obtained were further verified by comparing it to the standard data
of the UIUC wind tunnel, yielding to an impression that the UPM wind tunnel test
results and CFD data exhibited considerable differences. However, both methods
shared characteristics that are almost similar to UIUC wind tunnel. Further, the CFD
data were found to have more similarity with the UIUC wind tunnel data if compared
to those of the UPM wind tunnel data. Some differences that are exhibited by the wind
tunnel results are assessed in view of uncertainties and accuracy. Overall, a systematic
procedure has been followed that can be used as a basis for further. |
|---|