Studying the effect of boundary layer suction

Using design tools based on finite difference and integral methods

Master thesis (2012)

Authors

N.C.A. van den Berg Aerospace Engineering

Contributors

H Bijl Aerospace Engineering (mentor)
J.L. van Ingen Aerodynamics (mentor)
Leo Veldhuis Flight Performance and Propulsion (mentor)
B.W. Oudheusden Aerodynamics (mentor)
Faculty
Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: © 2012 Nico van den Berg
More Info
expand_more

Published Date

14-03-2012

Language

English

Reuse Rights

Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons.

Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

With the increasing interest for renewable energy resources in the last couple of decades, the possible benefits of flow control is brought under more and more attention. Boundary layer suction (or blowing) is one type of control that has proven its applicability in various fields. Being able to predict these effects on the boundary layer and airfoil properties can save both money and time in early design stages. At the moment, this prediction is still unsatisfactory and not well validated. This is especially true for turbulent boundary layers with suction. For this reason, the main objective is to provide new ways to model boundary layer suction on airfoils by using different computational techniques. Next to this, the results should be compared with other design tools as well as with analytical and experimental data for validation.

Files

Thesis_report_nicovandenberg_1... (pdf)
(pdf | 4.47 Mb)
Unknown license