Symmetric airfoil geometry effects on leading edge noise

Symmetric airfoil geometry effects on leading edge noise.

Computational aeroacoustic methods are applied to the modeling of noise due to interactions between gusts and the leading edge of real symmetric airfoils. Single frequency harmonic gusts are interacted with various airfoil geometries at zero angle of attack. The effects of airfoil thickness and leading edge radius on noise are investigated systematically and independently for the first time, at...

Effects of Leading Edge Defect on the Aerodynamic and Flow Characteristics of an S809 Airfoil

BACKGROUND Unexpected performance degradation occurs in wind turbine blades due to leading edge defect when suffering from continuous impacts with rain drops, hails, insects, or solid particles during its operation life. To assess this issue, this paper numerically investigates the steady and dynamic stall characteristics of an S809 airfoil with various leading edge defects. More leading edge d...

Leading Edge Separation Criterion for an Oscillating Airfoil

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Simulation and Optimization of an Airfoil with Leading Edge Slat

A gradient-based optimization is used in order to improve the shape of a leading edge slat upstream of a DU 91-W2-250 airfoil. The simulations are performed by solving the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS) using the open source CFD code OpenFOAM. Gradients are computed via the adjoint approach, which is suitable to deal with many design parameters, but keeping the computational c...

Flow Control of Leading Edge Separation on Airfoil Using Dbd Plasma Actuator