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Experimental comparison of a NACA0021 airfoil in large plunging and surging motions at 90º angle of attack

  • Guanqun Xu*
  • , Wei Yu
  • , Carlos Ferreira
  • , Andrea Sciacchitano
  • , Sowmya Iyer
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Delft University of Technology

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Abstract

The topic of vortex-induced vibrations on a wind turbine blade has recently gained much attention due to its growing size and flexibility. To address this concern, a wind tunnel test was conducted to study the forced plunging and surging motion of a NACA0021 airfoil at 90° angle of attack. Results indicate that vortex lock-in occurred for a motion amplitude of one chord length even for a small frequency ratio (between motion frequency and static Strouhal frequency) of 0.39. Analysis of the drag coefficient, derived from the phase-averaged Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) data, shows that a plunging airfoil experiences higher average loading than a surging airfoil, which is deemed to be more harmful considering the higher loading in the crossflow-direction due to the variation of effective angle of attack.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2024): Aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, and aeroacoustics
Number of pages10
PublisherIOP Publishing
Publication date2024
Article number022047
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
SeriesJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Number2
Volume2767
ISSN1742-6588

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