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The effect of the pitch support elasticity on the NACA0015 profile aeroelastic properties
Vlček, Václav ; Zolotarev, Igor ; Kozánek, Jan
The aeroelastic experiments realized in wind tunnel of the Institute of Thermomechanics with Mach numbers M ~ 0.20-0.22 and with the interval of Reynolds numbers Re = (2.4-2.6).105, are presented. These results correspond to the self-excited vibration of the profile NACA0015 with two degrees of freedom allowing the profile rotation in 1/3-chord axis and allowing the vertical displacement of the profile. The dependence of vibration frequency on the wind-flow velocity has been obtained. Comparing with the previous experiments the influence of the pitch support elasticity on the profile aeroelastic properties was determined.
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Computation of aerodynamic damping in aeroelastic system based on analytical and numerical approach
Chládek, Štěpán ; Horáček, Jaromír ; Zolotarev, Igor
The paper describes computation of aerodynamic damping and natural frequencies of aeroelastic systems. The damping is a critical parameter for the stability analysis of aeroelastic systems. Structural damping of the system is important for very low fluid flow velocities, however by increasing the flow velocity, the aerodynamic damping dominates in the instability search. The damping can be evaluated in time or in frequency domain. The presented computation of aerodynamic damping consists of two analytical and one numerical approach. The analytical approaches are represented by the well-known pk method and the unsteady panel method. The pk method is based on Theodorsen unsteady aerodynamics and on the computation of complex eigenvalues of the system as functions of the flow velocity. The unsteady panel method enables the computation of the interaction between aeroelastic system and fluid flow. The aerodynamic damping is evaluated in time domain from the system response to given initial conditions. The numerical approach is based on the finite volume method (FVM) modelling the complete fluid-structure interaction (FSI) coupled problem. The aerodynamic damping is also computed from the system response to a given initial condition. The results of the mentioned methods are compared for the profile NACA 0012 with two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) for plunge and pitch motion around an elastic axis.
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Evaluation of Interferograms of Unsteady Subsonic Airflow Past a Fluttering Airfoil
Šidlof, P. ; Riss, Š. ; Vlček, Václav
The paper reports on time-resolved interferometric measurements of unsteady ow elds around a uttering NACA0015 airfoil. A mechanical model with two degrees of freedom (pitch and plunge) has been designed and tested in a high-speed subsonic wind tunnel. Aeroelastic instability of the classical utter and dynamic stall type has been observed in the Mach number range M = 0.2 - 0.5. The interferograms were recorded using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a high-speed camera. An in-house software IFGPro was developed for the postprocessing and evaluation of the interferogram sequences, yielding pressure distribution, lift and drag force on the airfoil.
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Evaluation of aerodynamic damping and natural frequencies from numerical simulations and experiments
Chládek, Štěpán ; Horáček, Jaromír ; Zolotarev, Igor
The paper describes different ways for aerodynamic damping and natural frequencies evaluation in a problem of fluid-structure interaction. It is useful for both numerical simulations and experimental measurements. The Fourier transform is used for the frequency evaluation and the damping is evaluated both in time and frequency domain. Significant influence of the chosen sampling frequency and the length of time record on the accuracy of the results are demonstrated both in the numerical simulation and in the experiment that was performed with the flexibly supported profile NACA 0012 with two degrees of freedom.
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Some atypical flutter characteristics of the NACA0015 profile
Vlček, Václav ; Zolotarev, Igor ; Kozánek, Jan ; Štěpán, M.
The part of the aeroelastic experiments with profile carried out in wind tunnel of the Institute of Thermomechanics, v.v.i. at stream velocity M = 0.15-0.38 in the interval of Reynolds numbers Re = (1.8-5.0)•105 is presented. The results relate to the self-excited vibration of the profile NACA0015, which had two degrees of freedom allowing rotation and transverse displacement of the profile. The elasticity of the two degrees of freedom support has not been, during the experiments, changed. The dependence of Strouhal numbers on the speed of the stream.has been obtained. In one case the excitation of an unstable state occured and during the measurement the jump to a stable state arised. The kinematics of the model during this transition is described.in detail.
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Some NACA0015 profile support variants with self-excited vibration in subsonic fluid flow
Vlček, Václav ; Štěpán, M. ; Zolotarev, Igor ; Kozánek, Jan
One of the important domain of the contemporary aeroelasticity is the self-excited vibration of isolated profiles together with the self-excited vibration of profiles located in blade cascades. The Institute of Thermomechanics of the AS is engaged in group of projects concerning this aeroelastic problem. Results presented here were obtained solving a part of them [1-5].This experiments were realized in the wind tunnel of suction type placed in the laboratory of the Institute in Nový Knín. Profile NACA0015 with two degrees of freedom support was used. Profile was embedded with variable rotational and translational elasticity. The attention of this paper is concentrated on the time records and corresponding spectra of the translational and rotational movement during the self-excited vibration of the profile. Further results related to other parameters of this vibration will be published separately.
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Static, spectral and modal analysis of the support of NACA0015 profile
Chládek, Štěpán ; Kozánek, Jan ; Vlček, Václav ; Zolotarev, Igor
In this paper the static and dynamic properties of the new proposed aerodynamical NACA0015 profile were experimentally investigated. The static stiffness of the angular and longitudinal profile support were determined by optical method. By pulse excitation were measured dynamical characteristics for different stiffness and mass configurations and identified corresponding spectral and modal properties. It will be useful for appropriate tuning of this dynamical system to achieve the flutter vibration in aerodynamical tunnel.
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Identification of the aeroelastic profile based on optical measurement
Chládek, Štěpán ; Zolotarev, Igor
Abstract: This paper introduces an identification of an aeroelastic profile as n – degrees of freedom linear system. The common identification is based on the excitation of the system with an impact hammer and the measurement of the response by an acceleration sensor and using the transfer functions the modal properties are evaluated. This approach gives a disadvantage in the sense of influence of the system structural properties. In this paper the identification of the dynamical system is based on the optical measurement of the system response. The great advantages of this approach are both the low influence of the measuring devices to the system properties and the high precision of the measurement. The theory has been verified on the aeroelastic profile NACA 0012 with 2 degrees of freedom and the results are presented.
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