Improvement of Aerodynamic Performance of Oscillating Airfoils with Plunging Motion at Low Reynolds Numbers Using Heat Transfer

علوم کاربردی و محاسباتی در مکانیک

Article 6, Volume 30, Issue 1 - Serial Number 19, June 2018, Pages 79-96   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/fum-mech.v30i1.58136

Authors

Ahmad Samiee¹; M.Hassan Djavareshkian^{* 2}; Mojtaba Honarmand¹

¹Ferdowsi Mashhad

²Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

In this study, the effect of heat transfers on lift and drag coefficients of two symmetric and camber airfoils with plunging motion in laminar flow is numerically investigated. The compressible Navier–Stokes equations are discretized using a finite volume method and they are solved by PIMPLE algorithm. In this simulation, fluid dynamic viscosity and thermal conductivity are considered to be variable. Also dynamic mesh method is used for oscillating motion. The results show that, by reducing the airfoil surface temperature less than the free flow temperature, lift to drag ratio increases. Moreover, influence of heat transfer on vortexes pattern at airfoils trailing edge and therefore its impact on the aerodynamic coefficients are investigated.

Keywords

Heat transfer; Finite Volume; Dynamic Mesh; Reynolds Number

Supplementary Files

EA-6-Javareshkian.pdf

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