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A Study on Boundary Layer Behavior of an NACA 0012 Airfoil

NACA 0012 에어포일의 경계층 거동에 관한 연구

  • Published : 2006.10.31

Abstract

A study on the boundary layer behavior of an NACA 0012 airfoil at low Reynolds numbers was investigated in order to gain knowledge of a boundary layer that might be employed in a turbine blade and MAVs. A hot-wire anemometer was used to measure the boundary layer of an NACA 0012 airfoil at static angles of attack ${\alpha}$=$0^{\circ}$, $3^{\circ}$, and $6^{\circ}$, and Reynolds Numbers Re=$2.3{\times}10^4$, $3.3{\times}10^4$, and $4.8{\times}10^4$. The results of this study show that the laminar boundary layer on the airfoil surface is attached to the surface at ${\alpha}$=$0^{\circ}$, and the laminar separation of the boundary layer on the airfoil surface occurs at ${\alpha}$=$3^{\circ}$. Furthermore, the reattachment of the boundary layer in the present study occurs for the cases of Re=$3.3{\times}10^4$ and Re=$4.8{\times}10^4$at ${\alpha}$=$6^{\circ}$.

저 레이놀즈수에서 NACA 0012 에어포일의 경계층 거동에 관한 연구가 터빈 블레이드와 초소형 비행체에서 적용될 수 있는 경계층을 파악하기 위하여 수행되었다. 레이놀즈수 Re=$2.3{\times}10^4$, $3.3{\times}10^4$, $4.8{\times}10^4$과 정적 받음각 ${\alpha}$=$0^{\circ}$, $3^{\circ}$, $6^{\circ}$에서 경계층을 측정하기 위해 열선 풍속계가 사용되었다. 연구결과는 정적 받음각 =$0^{\circ}$에서는 층류 경계층이 에어포일 표면에 부착되며, 정적 받음각 $3^{\circ}$에서는 경계층 층류 분리가 발생된 것을 보여준다. 더욱이 본 연구에서 경계층 재부착 현상은 정적 받음각 $6^{\circ}$에서 레이놀즈수 $3.3{\times}10^4$$4.8{\times}10^4$에서 발생된다.

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