Viscous-inviscid interaction for incompressible flows over airfoils

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dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Carlos G.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:46:23Zen
dc.date.adate2009-09-19en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:46:23Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.date.rdate2009-09-19en
dc.date.sdate2009-09-19en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents the results obtained so far in an investigation concerning viscous effects in incompressible flows over airfoils. These effects are taken into account by assuming the existence of a boundary layer which interacts with an external inviscid flow. Numerical methods for solving the inviscid and boundary-layer flows are briefly described. The main objective of the investigation is the development of an interaction technique between both regions of flow. The method chosen for the interaction is the so-called semi-inverse procedure. This procedure is derived from a perturbation analysis of the linearized versions of the governing equations. The resulting method is subjected to a stability analysis, which shows that it will break down when used in conjunction with separated-flow boundary-layer solvers. The semi-inverse procedure is tested on several airfoils, using an attached-flow boundary-layer solver. Numerical results show that the method is sufficiently accurate for engineering purposes in the low-to-medium range of angles of attack, but its applicability is questionable when there is a large separation region. Finally, recommendations are made regarding future work to overcome the limitations of the present technique.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxiii, 77 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09192009-040542en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09192009-040542/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/44878en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.R637.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28703840en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.R637en
dc.subject.lcshAerofoilsen
dc.subject.lcshViscous flowen
dc.titleViscous-inviscid interaction for incompressible flows over airfoilsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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