Abstract
In the present study, the flow and aerodynamic features of a sharp trailing edged flat plate airfoil are systematically compared with NACA0012 airfoil. The studies are conducted for three different Reynolds numbers 1.89 × 105, 2.83 × 105 and 3.78 × 105 and angles of attack 20°, 25° and 30°. The present study shows that the occurrence of vortex shedding phenomena for the flat plate is substantially different from NACA0012 airfoil. Further, the re-attachment location of the shed vortices is closer to the trailing edge for the flat plate, whereas for NACA0012 airfoil it occurs at a certain distance upstream of the trailing edge. The NACA0012 airfoil generates higher lift coefficients at a higher Reynolds numbers of 2.83 × 105 and 3.78 × 105, whereas for the flat plate it occurs at a lower Reynolds number of 1.89 × 105. The spectra of lift coefficient reveal that the amplitude of the primary shedding frequency dominates for the flat plate and NACA0012 airfoil at lower and higher Reynolds numbers of 1.89 × 105 and 3.78 × 105, respectively, while it becomes almost same for an intermediate Reynolds number of 2.83 × 105. The present study reveals that the drag coefficient at high Reynolds number (3.78 × 105) is directly proportional to the initial merging point of the two shed vortices for both the flat plate and NACA0012 airfoil.
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Abbreviations
- c :
-
Chord length of the foil (m)
- c d :
-
Coefficient of drag
- c l :
-
Coefficient of lift
- c p :
-
Coefficient of pressure
- f :
-
Frequency (Hz)
- p :
-
Pressure (Pascal)
- Re :
-
Reynolds number (ρUc/µ)
- St :
-
Strouhal number (fc/U)
- U :
-
Free stream velocity (m/s)
- α :
-
Angle of attack (AOA) (°)
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The authors gratefully acknowledge that the current work (ECR/2016/000640) has been supported by DST (Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)).
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Jha, S.K., Gautam, U., Pawar, P. et al. Investigations of Flow Phenomena Over a Flat Plate and NACA0012 Airfoil at High Angles of Attack. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Mech Eng 44, 985–996 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40997-019-00313-z
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