Experimentally Determined Stability Parameters of a Subsonic Cascade Oscillating Near Stall

1978 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. O. Carta ◽  
A. O. St. Hilaire

Tests were performed on a linear cascade of airfoils oscillating in pitch about their midchords at frequencies up to 17 cps, at free-stream velocities up to 200 ft/s, and at interblade phase angles of 0 deg and 45 deg, under conditions of high aerodynamic loading. The measured data included unsteady time histories from chordwise pressure transducers and from chordwise hot films. Unsteady normal force coefficient, moment coefficient, and aerodynamic work per cycle of oscillation were obtained from integrals of the pressure data, and indications of the nature and extent of the separation phenomenon were obtained from an analysis of the hot-film response data. The most significant finding of this investigation is that a change in interblade phase angle from 0 deg to 45 deg radically alters the character of the unsteady blade loading (which governs its motion in a free system) from stable to unstable. Furthermore, the stability or instability is governed primarily by the phase angle of the pressure distribution (relative to the blade motion) over the forward 10–15 percent of the blade chord. Reduced frequency and mean incidence angle changes were found to have a relatively minor effect on stability for the range of parameters tested.

Mechanik ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 90 (7) ◽  
pp. 591-593
Author(s):  
Leszek Baranowski ◽  
Michał Frant

The article presents the methodology of determining the basic aerodynamic characteristics using the Fluent theoretical method and the theoretical and experimental method using the Prodas program. Presented calculations were made for a 122 mm non-guided missile. In order to compare both methods, the results of calculations of coefficient of drag force, lift force coefficient and pitching moment coefficient as a function of incidence angle of attack and Mach number are shown in graphs.


2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 1034-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xabier Munduate ◽  
Frank N. Coton ◽  
Roderick A.McD. Galbraith

This paper presents results from a wind tunnel based examination of the response of a wind turbine blade to tower shadow in head-on flow. In the experiment, one of the blades of a small-scale, two-bladed, downwind turbine was instrumented with miniature pressure transducers to allow recording of the blade surface pressure response through tower shadow. The surface pressures were then integrated to provide the normal force coefficient responses presented in this paper. It is shown that it is possible to reproduce the measured responses using an indicially formulated unsteady aerodynamic model applied to a cosine wake velocity deficit. It is also shown that agreement between the model and the measured data can be improved by careful consideration of the velocity deficit geometry.


1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Nath

Wave force coefficient variability for cylinders, from wave to wave in a train of periodic waves, has been shown to be dependent on the phase of the force record relative to the ambient flow. The phase varies due to vortex shedding, but the maximum force is approximately constant as seen from this work and the work of other investigators. Thus, the maximum force coefficient is tightly organized according to the Keulegan-Carpenter number and scatter is seen in the phase angle versus Keulegan-Carpenter number. On the other hand, both Cd and Cm have scatter due to these phase differences from wave to wave. For unknown reasons, even when averaged over several wave cycles there is scatter in the results for Cd and Cm. This investigation shows that the maximum force coefficients for a heavily roughened vertical cylinder are tightly arranged according to the Keulegan-Carpenter number and the period parameter. Furthermore, the phase angle is similarly much more organized than for the smooth cylinder.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Till D. Frank

As of December 2020, since the beginning of the year 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed worldwide more than 1 million lives and has changed human life in unprecedented ways. Despite the fact that the pandemic is far from over, several countries managed at least temporarily to make their first-wave COVID-19 epidemics to subside to relatively low levels. Combining an epidemiological compartment model and a stability analysis as used in nonlinear physics and synergetics, it is shown how the first-wave epidemics in the state of New York and nationwide in the USA developed through three stages during the first half of the year 2020. These three stages are the outbreak stage, the linear stage, and the subsiding stage. Evidence is given that the COVID-19 outbreaks in these two regions were due to instabilities of the COVID-19 free states of the corresponding infection dynamical systems. It is shown that from stage 1 to stage 3, these instabilities were removed, presumably due to intervention measures, in the sense that the COVID-19 free states were stabilized in the months of May and June in both regions. In this context, stability parameters and key directions are identified that characterize the infection dynamics in the outbreak and subsiding stages. Importantly, it is shown that the directions in combination with the sign-switching of the stability parameters can explain the observed rise and decay of the epidemics in the state of New York and the USA. The nonlinear physics perspective provides a framework to obtain insights into the nature of the COVID-19 dynamics during outbreak and subsiding stages and allows to discuss possible impacts of intervention measures. For example, the directions can be used to determine how different populations (e.g., exposed versus symptomatic individuals) vary in size relative to each other during the course of an epidemic. Moreover, the timeline of the computationally obtained stages can be compared with the history of the implementation of intervention measures to discuss the effectivity of such measures.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Afif Caesar Distara ◽  
Fatkhur Rohman

Electric vehicles are alternative vehicles that carry energy efficient. At this time the dominant vehicle uses ordinary wheels so that it will become an obstacle in the maneuver function that requires movement in various directions. With mechanum wheels the vehicle can move in various directions by adjusting the direction of rotation of each wheel. The problem is choosing the right control system for the control system needed by the vehicle. The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the effect of variations in the value of PI (Proportional Integral) and speed of the vehicle to the stability response of the system to control the direction of prototype electric vehicles. This study method is an experiment that is by giving a treatment, then evaluating the effects caused by the research object. The results of this study can be concluded that the variation of PI constant values and speed variations have an effect on the stability parameters of the system, namely rise time, settling time, overshot, and steady state error. To get the best system stability response results can use the constant value PI Kp = 2; and Ki = 17; where the stability response of the system for direction control at each speed condition has a fairly good value with a fast rise time, fast settling time, small overshot and a small error steady state compared to other PI constant values in this study.Keywords: mechanum wheel, PI control, direction, prototype, system stability


Author(s):  
F. O. Carta

Tests were conducted on a linear cascade of airfoils oscillating in pitch to measure the unsteady pressure response on selected blades along the leading edge plane of the cascade and over the chord of the center blade. The pressure data were reduced to Fourier coefficient form for direct comparison, and were also processed to yield integrated loads and, particularly, the aerodynamic damping coefficient. In addition, results from two unsteady theories for cascaded blades with nonzero thickness and camber were compared with the experimental measurements. The three primary results that emerged from this investigation were: (a) from the leading edge plane blade data, the cascade was judged to be periodic in unsteady flow over the range of parameters tested, (b) as before, the interblade phase angle was found to be the single most important parameter affecting the stability of the oscillating cascade blades, and (c) the real blade theory and the experiment were in excellent agreement for the several cases chosen for comparison.


1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Shaw ◽  
D. R. Boldman ◽  
A. E. Buggele ◽  
D. H. Buffum

Flush-mounted dynamic pressure transducers were installed on the center airfoil of a transonic oscillating cascade to measure the unsteady aerodynamic response as nine airfoils were simultaneously driven to provide 1.2 deg of pitching motion about the midchord. Initial tests were performed at an incidence angle of 0.0 deg and a Mach number of 0.65 in order to obtain results in a shock-free compressible flow field. Subsequent tests were performed at an angle of attack of 7.0 deg and a Mach number of 0.80 in order to observe the surface pressure response with an oscillating shock near the leading edge of the airfoil. Results are presented for interblade phase angles of 90 and −90 deg and at blade oscillatory frequencies of 200 and 500 Hz (semichord reduced frequencies up to about 0.5 at a Mach number of 0.80). Results from the zero-incidence cascade are compared with a classical unsteady flat-plate analysis. Flow visualization results depicting the shock motion on the airfoils in the high-incidence cascade are discussed. The airfoil pressure data are tabulated.


2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Sadollah ◽  
Azadeh Ghadimi ◽  
Ibrahim H. Metselaar ◽  
Ardeshir Bahreininejad

AbstractThe effect of various process parameters on the stability of TiO2 nanofluid, which can mostly be defined as zeta potential and particle size, was studied using response surface methodology (RSM) by the design of experiments and was predicted through a trained artificial neural network (ANN). The process parameters studied were weight percentage of surfactant (sodium lauryl sulfate) (0.01–0.2 wt%) and the value of pH (10–12). Central composite design and the RSM were employed to develop a mathematical model as well as to define the optimum condition. A three-layered feed-forward ANN model was designed and used for the prediction of the stability parameters. From the analysis of variance, the significant factors that affected the experimental design responses were also identified. The predicted stability parameters using the RSM and ANNs were compared using figures and tables. It is shown that the trained ANN outperformed the RSM in terms of accuracy and prediction of obtained results.


Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byeong Wook Lee ◽  
Woo-Sun Park

Climate change has resulted in increased intensity and frequency of typhoons and storm surges. Accordingly, attention has been paid to securing the breakwater’s stability to protect the safety of the port. Herein, hydraulic model experiments were conducted to evaluate the hydraulic performance of a vertical breakwater having a rear parapet. For comparison, cases in which the parapet was placed on the seaside, the harborside, and at the center of the breakwater were considered. Regular waves were used for convenient performance analysis. Five wave gauges and nine pressure transducers were installed to secure physical data for hydraulic performance evaluation. Results showed that a rear parapet can reduce the maximum wave force acting on the breakwater. Even though impulsive pressure was generated, it did not affect the stability of the breakwater owing to the phase difference between the maximum wave pressures acting on the caisson and parapet. By decreasing the maximum wave force, the required self-weight that satisfies the safety factor of 1.2 was reduced by up to 82.7%; the maximum bearing pressure was reduced by up to 47.6% compared with that of the parapet located on the seaside. Thus, the rear parapet was found to be more suitable for actual applications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Dedi Ruswandi ◽  
Yuyun Yuwariah ◽  
Mira Ariyanti ◽  
Muh Syafii ◽  
Anne Nuraini

Multienvironment testing is an important phase to study the interaction of G × E and to select stable hybrids for a broad environment or for a specific environment. To study the interaction of G × E and the stability of earliness and yield of Indonesian new sweet corn hybrids under different locations and seasons in West Java, Indonesia, eighteen hybrids were evaluated in six environments in West Java, Indonesia, and were analysed using parametric and nonparametric stability models, additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI), and GGE biplots. Results showed that the most promising sweet corn hybrids including hybrids G5 (SR 24 x SR 17) and G11 (SR 31 x SR 17) were identified. The parametric and nonparametric stability parameters and ASV were complement to the AMMI and GGE biplots in selecting stable and adaptable hybrids in terms of earliness and yield. G5 was selected as a high-response hybrid for grain yield to Jatinangor (E1, E2), Lembang (E3, E4), and Wanayasa (E5, E6), as well as earliness to Jatinangor (E2), Lembang (E3, E4), and Wanayasa (E5, E6). G5 sweet corn hybrid, therefore, is suggested to be extensively evaluated on farm and produced for smallholder farmers in West Java, Indonesia.


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