Theoretical and Experimental Dynamic Stall Investigations on a Rotor Blade Tip,

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental investigations have been carried out on oscillating blade tips at moderate and high steady mean incidences and oscillation amplitudes. Some selected data of these tests are compared with a previously developed prediction method based on potential theory to investigate the main effects of viscosity in different domains of dynamic stall. A simple correction procedure is described to take into account the main effects of viscosity on the unsteady airloads. To get a more detailed insight into the beginning of unsteady separation on oscillating profiles a finite-difference procedure has been developed to calculate the unsteady boundary-layer equations. This method has been applied to the oscillating flat plate problem as a first step. The applications to problems of more practical interest like profiles under pitching motion is straightforward. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP001950

Entities

People

  • W. Geissler

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Blade Tips
  • Blades
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Equations
  • Layers
  • Mathematics
  • Oscillation
  • Potential Theory
  • Viscosity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)