Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Hypersonic Fluid-Structure-Interactions on a Pitching Flat Plate Airfoil

2016 ◽  
Vol 846 ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
Kenji Yamada ◽  
Ingo Jahn ◽  
David Buttsworth
Keyword(s):  
Flat Plate ◽  
Analytical Investigation ◽  
Shock Structure ◽  
Fluid Structure Interactions ◽  
Pitching Motion ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Reduced Frequency ◽  
Expansion Theory ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Insight Into

Understanding the effects of unsteady flows is a critical area of hypersonic research. This paper presents a comparison of experimental results and analytical tools commonly used for the prediction of fluid structure interactions: Piston theory, Van Dyke’s theory, and Unsteady Shock Expansion theory. The investigation is carried out with a wedge-nosed flat-plate airfoil with pitching degree-of-freedom at Mach 6 flow conditions.High-speed Schlieren video is used to extract data about airfoil pitching motion and the unsteady shock structure. These data are compared to predictions from the various methods giving insight into their capability to correctly predict surface pressure and the resulting pitching motion at a reduced frequency, k=6.3×10-3. Contrary to expectations for this quasi-steady flow regime, the analysis of the shock structure shows hysteresis, indicating additional viscous interactions.

Fluid-Structure Interactions

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Paidoussis ◽  
Stuart Price ◽  
Emmanuel de Langre
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Structure Interactions ◽  
Fluid Structure

Experimental Mixing Parameterization Due to Multiphase Fluid � Structure Interactions

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ranis N. Ibragimov ◽  
◽  
Akshin S. Bakhtiyarov ◽  
Margaret Snell ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Structure Interactions ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Multiphase Fluid

scholarly journals Cross-Flow Tidal Turbines with Highly Flexible Blades—Experimental Flow Field Investigations at Strong Fluid–Structure Interactions

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 797
Author(s):  
Stefan Hoerner ◽  
Iring Kösters ◽  
Laure Vignal ◽  
Olivier Cleynen ◽  
Shokoofeh Abbaszadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Speed Ratio ◽  
Fluid Structure Interactions ◽  
Dimensional Parameter ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Passive Flow Control ◽  
Tidal Turbines ◽  
Tidal Turbine

Oscillating hydrofoils were installed in a water tunnel as a surrogate model for a hydrokinetic cross-flow tidal turbine, enabling the study of the effect of flexible blades on the performance of those devices with high ecological potential. The study focuses on a single tip-speed ratio (equal to 2), the key non-dimensional parameter describing the operating point, and solidity (equal to 1.5), quantifying the robustness of the turbine shape. Both parameters are standard values for cross-flow tidal turbines. Those lead to highly dynamic characteristics in the flow field dominated by dynamic stall. The flow field is investigated at the blade level using high-speed particle image velocimetry measurements. Strong fluid–structure interactions lead to significant structural deformations and highly modified flow fields. The flexibility of the blades is shown to significantly reduce the duration of the periodic stall regime; this observation is achieved through systematic comparison of the flow field, with a quantitative evaluation of the degree of chaotic changes in the wake. In this manner, the study provides insights into the mechanisms of the passive flow control achieved through blade flexibility in cross-flow turbines.

Experimental observation of viscoelastic fluid–structure interactions

2017 ◽  
Vol 813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita A. Dey ◽  
Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi ◽  
Jonathan P. Rothstein
Keyword(s):  
Flow Instability ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Flexible Structure ◽  
Fluid Inertia ◽  
Fluid Structure Interactions ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Dependent Growth ◽  
First Time

It is well known that when a flexible or flexibly mounted structure is placed perpendicular to the flow of a Newtonian fluid, it can oscillate due to the shedding of separated vortices. Here, we show for the first time that fluid–structure interactions can also be observed when the fluid is viscoelastic. For viscoelastic fluids, a flexible structure can become unstable in the absence of fluid inertia, at infinitesimal Reynolds numbers, due to the onset of a purely elastic flow instability. Nonlinear periodic oscillations of the flexible structure are observed and found to be coupled to the time-dependent growth and decay of viscoelastic stresses in the wake of the structure.

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