Low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions

The present work aims to design and setup a low speed wind tunnel (LSWT) to be constructed at Mondragon Unibertsitatea for aerodynamic performance analysis of airfoils at low Re number. With this purpose, flow field characteristics through the test section are investigated to ensure that the flow qu...

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https://doi.org/10.48764/bm26-q612
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spelling ebiltegia-20.500.11984-17252024-04-15T15:46:48Zcom_20.500.11984_460Ikerketa-DoktoregoTesiakcol_20.500.11984_469DoktoregoTesiak-Ingeniaritza Low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions Torrano, Ivan Tutar, Mustafa Martinez Aguirre, Manex Aerodinámica Turbulencia atmosférica Generación de energía ODS 7 Energía asequible y no contaminante ODS 9 Industria, innovación e infraestructura ODS 10 Reducción de las desigualdades The present work aims to design and setup a low speed wind tunnel (LSWT) to be constructed at Mondragon Unibertsitatea for aerodynamic performance analysis of airfoils at low Re number. With this purpose, flow field characteristics through the test section are investigated to ensure that the flow quality requirements are accomplished. Once the LSWT is validated, a passive grid is installed upstream of an airfoil model representative of wind turbine blade sections to analyse the effect of free-stream turbulence conditions on the aerodynamic performance. In the second stage, two modelling approaches are developed in the context of grid-generated turbulence. The ability of simple numerical simulations (Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes) to capture the large scale properties of the turbulence downstream a passive grid is tested for design purposes of the grid. The study is completed with the development of a new in ow turbulence generation method to be applied within large eddy simulation (LES) for its use in airfoil simulations at low Re number. Finally, it is proposed that the developed method can be combined with the performed detached eddy simulations (DES) of the flow around an airfoil. These simulations represent a promising approach to numerically study the effect of turbulent in flow conditions on airfoil performance, which is one of the main limitations of numerical methods for modelling turbulence. 2020-07-01T14:27:05Z 2020-07-01T14:27:05Z 2016 2016-11-10 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/1725 https://doi.org/10.48764/bm26-q612 https://katalogoa.mondragon.edu/janium-bin/janium_login_opac.pl?find&ficha_no=128096 eng http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 © Ivan Torrano Zabalza xxi, 169 p. application/pdf Mondragon Unibertsitatea. Goi Eskola Politeknikoa
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topic Aerodinámica
Turbulencia atmosférica
Generación de energía
ODS 7 Energía asequible y no contaminante
ODS 9 Industria, innovación e infraestructura
ODS 10 Reducción de las desigualdades
spellingShingle Aerodinámica
Turbulencia atmosférica
Generación de energía
ODS 7 Energía asequible y no contaminante
ODS 9 Industria, innovación e infraestructura
ODS 10 Reducción de las desigualdades
Torrano, Ivan
Low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions
description The present work aims to design and setup a low speed wind tunnel (LSWT) to be constructed at Mondragon Unibertsitatea for aerodynamic performance analysis of airfoils at low Re number. With this purpose, flow field characteristics through the test section are investigated to ensure that the flow quality requirements are accomplished. Once the LSWT is validated, a passive grid is installed upstream of an airfoil model representative of wind turbine blade sections to analyse the effect of free-stream turbulence conditions on the aerodynamic performance. In the second stage, two modelling approaches are developed in the context of grid-generated turbulence. The ability of simple numerical simulations (Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes) to capture the large scale properties of the turbulence downstream a passive grid is tested for design purposes of the grid. The study is completed with the development of a new in ow turbulence generation method to be applied within large eddy simulation (LES) for its use in airfoil simulations at low Re number. Finally, it is proposed that the developed method can be combined with the performed detached eddy simulations (DES) of the flow around an airfoil. These simulations represent a promising approach to numerically study the effect of turbulent in flow conditions on airfoil performance, which is one of the main limitations of numerical methods for modelling turbulence.
author_additional Tutar, Mustafa
author Torrano, Ivan
title Low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions
title_short Low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions
title_full Low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions
title_fullStr Low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions
title_full_unstemmed Low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions
title_sort low speed wind tunnel design, setup. validation and testing of airfoils in turbulent inflow conditions
publisher Mondragon Unibertsitatea. Goi Eskola Politeknikoa
publishDate 2020
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/1725
https://doi.org/10.48764/bm26-q612
https://katalogoa.mondragon.edu/janium-bin/janium_login_opac.pl?find&ficha_no=128096
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