Experimental and Numerical Study of Leading Edge Separation on Blunt Bodies

Author(s):  
L. L. M. Veldhuis ◽  
B. Henneman
2017 ◽  
Vol 821 ◽  
pp. 624-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amna Khraibut ◽  
S. L. Gai ◽  
L. M. Brown ◽  
A. J. Neely

This paper describes laminar hypersonic leading edge separation. Such a configuration of separated flow was originally studied by Chapman et al. (NACA Tech. Rep. 1356, 1958) at supersonic Mach numbers as it is particularly amenable to theoretical analysis and assumes no pre-existing boundary layer. It can be considered as a limiting case of much studied generic configurations such as separation at a compression corner and separated flow behind a base. A numerical investigation is described using a compressible Navier–Stokes solver assuming perfect gas air, no slip boundary condition and a non-catalytic surface. A moderate enthalpy flow of $3.1\times 10^{6}~\text{J}~\text{kg}^{-1}$ with a unit Reynolds number of $1.34\times 10^{6}~\text{ m}^{-1}$ and a Mach number of 9.66 was considered. The resulting separated flow is analysed in the context of viscous–inviscid interaction and interpreted in terms of ‘triple-deck’ concepts. Particular emphasis is given to wall temperature effects. The effects of strong to moderate wall cooling on flow in the separated region as well as on processes of separation, reattachment and separation length, are highlighted. The numerical simulations have also shown the existence of a secondary eddy embedded within the primary recirculation region, with its size, shape and position, being strongly affected by the wall temperature.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent M. Le Page ◽  
Matthew Barrett ◽  
Sean O’Byrne ◽  
Sudhir L. Gai

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Gonzalez ◽  
Xabier Munduate

This work undertakes an aerodynamic analysis over the parked and the rotating NREL Phase VI wind turbine blade. The experimental sequences from NASA Ames wind tunnel selected for this study respond to the parked blade and the rotating configuration, both for the upwind, two-bladed wind turbine operating at nonyawed conditions. The objective is to bring some light into the nature of the flow field and especially the type of stall behavior observed when 2D aerofoil steady measurements are compared to the parked blade and the latter to the rotating one. From averaged pressure coefficients together with their standard deviation values, trailing and leading edge separated flow regions have been found, with the limitations of the repeatability of the flow encountered on the blade. Results for the parked blade show the progressive delay from tip to root of the trailing edge separation process, with respect to the 2D profile, and also reveal a local region of leading edge separated flow or bubble at the inner, 30% and 47% of the blade. For the rotating blade, results at inboard 30% and 47% stations show a dramatic suppression of the trailing edge separation, and the development of a leading edge separation structure connected with the extra lift.


Author(s):  
K. Vijaykumar ◽  
S. Poonkodi ◽  
A.T. Sriram

Sunroof has become one of the essential features of a luxury car, and it provides natural air circulation and good illumination into the car. But the primary problem associated with it is the buffeting noise which causes discomfort to the passengers. Though adequate studies were carried out on sunroof buffeting, efficient control techniques are needed to be developed from fundamental mechanism. To reduce the buffeting noise, flow modifications at the entrance of the sunroof is considered in this study. The internal portion of the car with sunroof is simplified into a shear driven open cavity, and two-dimensional numerical simulations are carried out using commercial solver, ANSYS Fluent. Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equation is used with the realizable k-? turbulence model. The unsteady numerical result obtained in this study is validated with the available experimental results for the dominant frequency. The prediction is good agreement with experiment. Flow modification technique is proposed to control the sunroof buffeting by implementing geometric modifications. A hump has been placed near the leading edge of the cavity which resulted in significant reduction of pressure oscillations. Parametric studies have been performed by varying the height of hump and the distance of hump from the leading edge. There is no prominent difference when the height of the hump is varied. As the distance of the hump from the leading edge is reduced, the sound pressure level decreases.


Author(s):  
Bo-lun Zhang ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Hui-ren Zhu ◽  
Jian-sheng Wei ◽  
Zhong-yi Fu

Film cooling performance of the double-wave trench was numerically studied to improve the film cooling characteristics. Double-wave trench was formed by changing the leading edge and trailing edge of transverse trench into cosine wave. The film cooling characteristics of transverse trench and double-wave trench were numerically studied using Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) simulations with realizable k-ε turbulence model and enhanced wall treatment. The film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient of double-wave trench at different trench width (W = 0.8D, 1.4D, 2.1D) conditions are investigated, and the distribution of temperature field and flow field were analyzed. The results show that double-wave trench effectively improves the film cooling effectiveness and the uniformity of jet at the downstream wall of the trench. The span-wise averaged film cooling effectiveness of the double-wave trench model increases 20–63% comparing with that of the transverse trench at high blowing ratio. The anti-counter-rotating vortices which can press the film on near-wall are formed at the downstream wall of the double-wave trench. With the double-wave trench width decreasing, the film cooling effectiveness gradually reduces at the hole center-line region of the downstream trench. With the increase of the blowing ratio, the span-wise averaged heat transfer coefficient increases. The span-wise averaged heat transfer coefficient of the double-wave trench with 0.8D and 2.1D trench width is higher than that of the double-wave trench with 1.4D trench width at the high blowing ratio conditions.


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