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An assessment is made of the feasibility of using PIV velocity data for the non-intrusive aerodynamic force characterization (lift, drag and pitching moment) of an airfoil. The method relies upon the application of control-volume approaches in combination with the deduction of the pressure from the PIV experimental data, by making use of the momentum equation. First, the consistency of the method is verified by means of synthetic data obtained from CFD. Subsequently, the procedure was applied in an experimental investigation, in which the PIV approach is validated against standard pressure-based methods (surface pressure distribution and wake rake).
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van Oudheusden, B.W., Scarano, F. & Casimiri, E.W.F. Non-intrusive load characterization of an airfoil using PIV. Exp Fluids 40, 988–992 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-006-0149-2
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