30.01.2013 Views

Aerodynamics and Design for Ultra-Low Reynolds Number Flight

Aerodynamics and Design for Ultra-Low Reynolds Number Flight

Aerodynamics and Design for Ultra-Low Reynolds Number Flight

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Chapter 6<br />

146<br />

Incidence (deg.)<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

FIGURE 6.47 Blade incidence distributions obtained by applying the rapid design tool with two<br />

different wake models in conjunction with the angular momentum swirl correction.<br />

The predicted lift coefficient distributions, all utilizing the contracted ring wake <strong>and</strong><br />

angular momentum swirl model, are presented in Figure 6.48. For all three cases the<br />

design maximum lift coefficient was set at 0.600. This was increased to 0.627 <strong>for</strong> the<br />

analysis to demonstrate the variations present between designs <strong>and</strong> the value of the<br />

contracted ring model in mitigating risk. The Pr<strong>and</strong>tl tip loss design is predicted to be at<br />

risk of stall over the outer ten percent of the blade. This is qualitatively supported by the<br />

OVERFLOW-D results <strong>for</strong> the four blade 2.5cm diameter rotor. The OVERFLOW-D<br />

results do not indicate complete stall but do show a rapid increase in blade loading near<br />

the tip <strong>and</strong> primary vortex shedding slightly inboard of the tip, exacerbating blade-vortex<br />

interactions.<br />

Contracted Ring Only<br />

Intermediate PTL<br />

Final Contracted Ring<br />

5<br />

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0<br />

r/R

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!