Flow field measuremnts of an airfoil with deflected spoiler using a two-component LDV system
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Authors
Foreman, Michael J.
Subjects
spoiler
LDV
LDV
Advisors
Bodapati, Satyanarayana
Date of Issue
1986-09
Date
September 1986
Publisher
Monterey, California: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The primary goals of this thesis included developing a computer-integrated LDV system, utilizing the LDV system to measure the mean and fluctuating quantities of the flow field of an airfoil-spoiler system, and comparing the results of the experiment with previous hot-wire anemometry results.
The experiment was conducted in the NASA Ames 11 cm x 25 cm indraft tunnel. A two-component LDV system was developed and set up, and measurements were obtained along the upper surface of the airfoil (ahead of and behind the spoiler) as well as in its wake, close to the trailing edge. Mean velocity profiles and turbulent stresses were calculated and comparisons were made with previous hot-wire experiments.
It was shown that the hot-wire technique is not as accurate as the LDV in highly turbulent regions of the flow field. The hot-wire results are also not reliable in the near wake region due to the inherent reverse flow. In other, less turbulent, regions of the flow field where there is no reverse flow, good agreement between previous hot-wire data and present experimental results was found.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Aeronautical Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-67-86-008
Sponsors
Funder
Format
74 p.: ill.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.