Interactions of Spanwise and Chordwise Vorticity Associated with Three-Dimensional Dynamic Stall Over an Oscillating Wing

摘要

This is the final report on the experimental research performed under U.S. ArmyResearch Office Grant No. DAAL 03-91-0026, with Dr. Thomas Doligaiski as the Technical Program Manager. The Principal Investigator was B.R. Ramaprian. The research work involved the measurement of the pressure and velocity fields in the three-dimensional flow field surrounding and in the wake of the tip region of a rectangular wing of NACA 0015 profile. Measurements were made both with the wing stationary and with the wing oscillating sinusoidally in pitch about its quarter-chord axis. Pressure transducers and three-component laser Doppler velocimetry were used in these measurements. The results have been used to understand the vorticity dynamics in three-dimensional steady and unsteady flows. The study is relevant to helicopter rotor aerodynamics. All the data have been archived and are available for use by any interested reader.