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Title: Dynamic-stall regulation of the Darrieus turbine

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5847876· OSTI ID:5847876

A two-dimensional unsteady airfoil analysis is described which utilizes a doublet panel method to model the airfoil surface, an integral boundary scheme to model the viscous attached flow, and discrete vortices to model the detached boundary layers which form the airfoil wake region. This model has successfully predicted steady lift and drag coefficients as well as pressure distributions for several airfoils with both attached and detached boundary layers. Unsteady calculations have thus far been limited to attached flow situations. Instantaneous pressure distributions have also been obtained on a single-bladed rotor operating in a tow tank in order to provide experimental data for eventual comparison with analytical predictions.

Research Organization:
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5847876
Report Number(s):
SAND-83-7029; ON: DE83017994
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English