Numerical Investigation of Variation Stroke Plane Effect on Aerodynamic Performance of a 2D Flapping Airfoil Naca 0012 in Hovering Flight

Authors

  • Mohamed el Amine Trifi Laboratoire de Mecanique Physique et Modelisation Mathematique, University of Medea, Medea, Algeria
  • redha rebhi Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Medea, Medea, Algeria
  • Abdellah Elhadj Laboratoire de Mecanique Physique et Modelisation Mathematique, University of Medea, Medea, Algeria
  • Shayfull Zamree Abd Rahim School of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Main Campus Pauh Putra, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/cfdl.14.8.8199

Keywords:

Inclined stroke plane;, Hovering flight;, Aerodynamic characteristics;, Energy consumption;, Reynolds number;, Oscillation amplitude

Abstract

This paper presents a numerical study of the effects generated by the variation of translation plane inclination angle on the aerodynamic performance (aerodynamic forces, energy consumption, and wing flow structures). This inclination angle is called . In our work, a two-dimensional  airfoil will be presented using  commercial software based on the finite volumes method .The numerical simulations are carried out using the experimental results parameters. Symmetric wing flapping motions with different angles of the stroke plane inclination β in conjunction with other kinematic parameters such as oscillation amplitude  and Reynolds number () are examined to investigate the influence of these parameters on the energy consumption of the  profile. The governing parameters of the problem under study are: the chord of the profile , the initial angle of rotation , the oscillation amplitude ∆α, the reduced frequency, Reynolds number, flow velocity  , turbulence intensity at the inlet is, translation amplitude  and phase difference between the rotation and translation motion .The obtained numerical results were compared with the experimental data. Moreover, vorticity and pressure contours for different values of angle  will be also presented.

Author Biographies

Mohamed el Amine Trifi, Laboratoire de Mecanique Physique et Modelisation Mathematique, University of Medea, Medea, Algeria

trifi569@gmail.com

redha rebhi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Medea, Medea, Algeria

rebhi.redha@gmail.com

Abdellah Elhadj, Laboratoire de Mecanique Physique et Modelisation Mathematique, University of Medea, Medea, Algeria

a_a_elhadj@hotmail.com

Shayfull Zamree Abd Rahim, School of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Main Campus Pauh Putra, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia

shayfull@unimap.edu.my

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2022-08-20

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Mohamed el Amine Trifi, rebhi, redha, Abdellah Elhadj, & Shayfull Zamree Abd Rahim. (2022). Numerical Investigation of Variation Stroke Plane Effect on Aerodynamic Performance of a 2D Flapping Airfoil Naca 0012 in Hovering Flight. CFD Letters, 14(8), 81–99. https://doi.org/10.37934/cfdl.14.8.8199

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