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Numerical study of camber morphing in naca0012 airfoil
Published in American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
2020
Volume: 1 PartF
   
Abstract
Camber morphing is an effective way to control the lift generated in any airfoil and potentially improve airfoil efficiency (lift-drag ratio). This can be especially useful for fixed wing UAVs undergoing different flying manoeuvres and flight phases. This work investigates the aerodynamic characteristics of NACA0012 airfoil morphed by the Single Corrugated Variable Camber (SCVC) morphing and Double Corrugated Variable Camber (DCVC) morphing approach. The airfoil is reconstructed from the camber line using a Radial Basis Function (RBF) based interpolation method (J. H. S. Fincham and M. I. Friswell, “Aerodynamic optimisation of a camber morphing aerofoil,” Aerosp. Sci. Technol., 2015). The aerodynamic analysis is done by employing two different finite volume solvers: OpenFOAM and ANSYS-Fluent, and a panel method code (XFoil). Results reveal that the aerodynamic coefficients predicted by the two finite-volume solvers using a fully turbulent flow assumption are similar but differ from those predicted by XFoil. The aerodynamic performance of morphed airfoils are nearly equal or lower than that of the baseline airfoil at lower values of coefficient of lift whilst at large values of the morphed airfoils display superior aerodynamic performance. At identical morphing angles, the aerodynamic characteristics of SCVC and DCVC airfoils are almost identical. Finally, it is observed for a fixed angle of attack, that an optimum morphing angle exists for which the aerodynamic efficiency becomes maximum. © 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.
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JournalData powered by TypesetAIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM
PublisherData powered by TypesetAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
ISSN0001-1452
Impact Factor1.868
Open AccessNo
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