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The present paper numerically investigates flow control over NACA0021 (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) airfoil by applying a leading-edge tubercle as a passive flow control device at transitional Reynolds number (Re) regime.…
Symmetric NACA airfoils tend to undergo abrupt stall characteristics at higher angle of attacks. The abrupt stall has deteriorating effect on lift as well as the efficiency of the airfoils. Abruptness in stall restricts the airfoil to…
Due to the augmentation of the significance of wind energy, giving a high priority to the \text{airfoil's} efficiency enhancement is obligatory. To improve the performance of airfoils, many impressive techniques are already invented. In…
The flow around a symmetric aerofoil (NACA 0012) with an array of flexible flaplets attached to the trailing edge has been investigated at Reynolds numbers of 100,000 - 150,000 by using High-Speed Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry…
Flapping wing propulsion offers unrivalled manoeuvrability and efficiency at low flight speeds and in hover. These advantages are attributed to the leading edge vortex developing on an unsteady wing, which induces additional lift. We…
This study explores the noise reduction achieved by airfoils with serrated trailing edges in a low turbulence wind tunnel, focusing on acoustic spectral characteristics and wake flow field measurements. We analyze the effects of various…
The unsteady characteristics of the flow over thick flatback airfoils have been investigated by means of CFD calculations. Sandia airfoils which have 35% maximum thickness with three different trailing edge thicknesses were selected. The…
When fossil fuel supplies can no longer be replenished and hence fossil fuel power generation becomes outdated, wind energy will become a vital solution to the impending energy crisis. A horizontal-axis wind turbine is a widely used…
Human factors, specifically visual impact and noise production, are the current main limitations for broader urban wind energy exploitation. Trailing edge noise, caused by the turbulent boundary layer interacting with the airfoil surface,…
The aeroacoustics of a NACA 0012 aerofoil with an array of self-oscillating flexible flaplets attached on the trailing edge has been investigated at low to moderate chord based Reynolds number (50,000 -- 350,000) and at geometric angles of…
Understanding the intricate dynamics of cross-flow turbines (CFT) is critical to the improvement of performance and optimal control strategies. The current study numerically investigates intracycle control by modulating the angular velocity…
A preliminary study has been conducted on the effects of serration on the leading-edge of a two-element trapezoidal wing placed both out-of- and in-ground effect. Aerodynamic performance and flow behaviour were evaluated numerically and…
The interaction of an object with an unsteady flow is non-trivial and is still far from being fully understood. When an airfoil or hydrofoil, for example, undergoes time-dependent motion, nonlinear flow phenomena such as dynamic stall can…
This study investigates the influence of aerofoil shape optimisation on blade aerodynamic performance under curvilinear and unsteady kinematics characteristic of vertical-axis turbines and cycloidal propellers. Using a cyclorotor in hover…
An investigation of turbulent boundary layers (TBLs) is presented for a NACA0012 airfoil at angles of attack 9 and 12 deg. Wall-resolved large eddy simulations (LES) are conducted for a freestream Mach number M = 0.2 and chord-based…
Effect of airfoil thickness on onset of dynamic stall is investigated using large eddy simulations at chord-based Reynolds number of 200,000. Four symmetric NACA airfoils of thickness-to-chord ratios of 9%, 12%, 15%, and 18% are studied.…
Actuator line model has been widely employed in wind turbine simulations. However, the standard actuator line model does not include a model for the turbine nacelle which can significantly impact turbine wake characteristics as shown in the…
While tapered swept wings are widely used, the influence of taper on their post-stall wake characteristics remains largely unexplored. To address this issue, we conduct an extensive study using direct numerical simulations to characterize…
Cross-flow turbines show promise for renewable energy generation from wind and tidal sources. The rotating reference frame of cross-flow turbine blades results in virtual camber and incidence due to streamline curvature, altering the lift,…
Turbulent plane-Couette flow suspended with finite-size spheroidal particles is studied using fully particle-resolved direct numerical simulations. The effects of particle aspect ratio on turbulent arguments and particle statistics are…