Numerical and Experimental Studies on the Aerodynamics of NACA64 and DU40 Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers

doi:10.3390/app13031478

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題名:	Numerical and Experimental Studies on the Aerodynamics of NACA64 and DU40 Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers
作者:	Chieh-Hsun, Wu 1;Chen, Jing-Zong;Lo, Yuan-Lung;Fu, Chung-Lin
關鍵詞:	aerodynamics;airfoils;Reynolds number;Vortex Particle Method;wind tunnel experiments;wind energy
日期:	2023-01-22
上傳時間:	2023-04-28 17:49:08 (UTC+8)
出版者:	MDPI AG
摘要:	The aerodynamics of airfoils can be seen in a wide range of applications. To obtain the aerodynamic loads, geometrically-scaled airfoil sections are tested in wind tunnels. However, due to the limited space of the wind tunnel, the mismatch of Reynolds numbers may lead to different aerodynamic loads. Previous works showed that decreased lifts and increased drag coefficients are associated with lower Reynolds numbers, which are accompanied by the changes in ambient flow, such as increased sizes of the separation bubbles and wake vortices. Although insightful, few direct connections between loads, pressures, and ambient flow were presented, leaving a critical knowledge gap for aerodynamic modifications to improve the aerodynamic performances at low Reynolds numbers. To bridge this gap, this work utilizes numerical simulations and wind tunnel experiments to study the aerodynamics of a thin airfoil (NACA64) and a thick airfoil (DU40), at two chord Reynolds numbers, i.e., 4000 and 60,000. The two-dimensional (2D) vortex particle method (VPM) with varying-sized particles is used to simulate the unsteady flow and compared to the steady-state simulations by XFOIL. As the Reynolds number increases, it reveals that the higher lift coefficients are associated with the increased upstream suction and positive pressures on the upper and lower surfaces of the airfoils, respectively. These changes are explained by the increased and decreased normalized wind speeds on the upper and lower surfaces of the airfoils, respectively. Stronger pressure recoveries observed downstream of the reattachment points are the main cause of drag reductions at higher Reynolds numbers. The smaller and more irregular vortices in the roll-up shear layers and wakes observed at the higher Reynolds number are similar to the previous experimental findings, which are shown in this work to make the force fluctuations more irregular at higher frequencies. Possibly due to missing 3D effects, the results obtained from the 2D VPM are observed to ‘overestimate’ the effects of increasing the Reynolds number at ReC = 60,000. Furthermore, both VPM and XFOIL are found to work best in explaining the physics at low angles of attacks, i.e., −10°≤α≤10° , which are similar to the previous numerical works utilizing 2D methods.
關聯:	Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1478
DOI:	10.3390/app13031478
顯示於類別:	[土木工程學系暨研究所] 期刊論文

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