Study on the Dynamic Aerodynamic Performance of Airfoil with Direct Force Measurement

Abstract

AbstractAn in-depth study on the dynamic aerodynamic performance of the pitching oscillating airfoil is carried out in the two-dimensional test section of the NF-3 low-speed wind tunnel of Northwestern Polytechnical University. The experimental model is a span-wise three-section force measuring model, and the force measure is only performed in the middle section of the model to reduce the influence of the sidewall interference of the wind tunnel. In the experiment, the transient angle of attack of the model is collected, the inertial force and pitching moment on the middle section of the model are calculated, and the data collected from the balance is subtracted to correct the influence of the model's inertia on the results. The results show that the angle of attack exceeding the positive or negative static stall angles of attack is a necessary condition for the lift and pitch moment coefficients to produce a large hysteresis loops. As the oscillation reduced frequency increases, the dynamic stall is delayed, the lift coefficient hysteresis loop increase, the drag coefficient increase, and the pitch moment coefficient near the maximum angle of attack decrease. When the angle of attack is less than the static angle of attack of stall or exceeds a small range, with the increase of the reduced frequency of the airfoil oscillation, the pitch moment coefficient of the airfoil decreases when it goes up and increases when it goes down. With the increase of the oscillation amplitude, the hysteresis loops of both dynamic lift coefficient and pitching moment coefficient of the oscillating airfoil increase. As the average angle of attack increases, the angle of attack of airfoil enters the positive stall zone more, the lift coefficient hysteresis loop increases, and the minimum pitch moment coefficient decreases. The Reynolds number has no obvious effect on the hysteresis loop of lift, drag and pitch moment coefficients; however, in the downward process, as the Reynolds number increases, the lift recovery advances, and the hysteresis loop decreases.KeywordsAirfoilWind tunnel testDynamic aerodynamic performanceDirect force measurementInertia correction