Influencing Factors Analysis of the Shock-Induced Separation for Supercritical Airfoil

Abstract:

The shock-induced separation easily occurred on the upper surface of supercritical airfoil at transonic speeds, which would change the aerodynamic characteristics. The problem of the shock-induced separation was not solved completely for the complicated phenomena and flow mechanism. In this paper, the influencing factors of shock-induced separation for supercritical airfoil CH was analyzed at transonic speeds. The Navier-Stokes equations were solved, in order to investigate influence of different attack angles, Mach numbers and Reynolds numbers. The computation attack angles of CH airfoil varied from 0oto 7o, Reynolds numbers varied from 5×10⁶ to 50×10⁶ per airfoil chord while Mach number varied from 0.74 to 0.82. It was shown that the shock-induced separation was affected by attack angles, Mach numbers and Reynolds numbers, but the influence tendency and areas were quite different. The shock wave location and intensity were affected by the three factors, and the boundary layer thickness was mainly affected by Reynolds number, while the separation structure was mainly determined by the attack angle and Mach number.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 444-445)
• Pages: 221-226
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.444-445.221
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Xin Xu, Da Wei Liu, De Hua Chen, Yuan Jing Wang
• Keywords: Influencing Factor, Navier-Stokes Equation, Shock-Induced Separation, Supercritical Airfoil

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