Physics and modeling of large flow disturbances: discrete gust encounters for modern air vehicles

AR Jones, O Cetiner, MJ Smith - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Gusts of moderate and large magnitude induce flow separation and other complexities when
they interact with the lifting surfaces of air vehicles. The presence of these nonlinear gusts …

Review of rotating wing dynamic stall: Experiments and flow control

AD Gardner, AR Jones, K Mulleners… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamic stall has been a technical challenge and a fluid dynamical subject of interest for
more than fifty years; but in the last decade significant advances have been made in the …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamics and timescales of static stall

S Le Fouest, J Deparday, K Mulleners - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Airfoil stall plays a central role in the design of safe and efficient lifting surfaces. We typically
distinguish between static and dynamic stall based on the unsteady rate of change of an …

Unsteady flow generation in a wind tunnel using an active grid

A Azzam, P Lavoie - Experiments in Fluids, 2023 - Springer
Unsteady flows are pervasive in nature and engineering applications, such as unmanned
aerial vehicles and wind turbines. Simulating these flows in an experimental setting is …

Transverse gust generation in a wind tunnel: a suction-driven approach

X He, DR Williams, STM Dawson - Experiments in Fluids, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Andrew Fejer Unsteady Wind Tunnel was modified to add a suction duct on top
of the test section to generate a vertical velocity component (cross flow). The suction …

Study on the performance of detection air duct and evaluation index of agricultural cleaning centrifugal fans

Z Ma, Y Zhu, J Li, Z Song, J Yu, Y Li, L Xu - Biosystems Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural centrifugal fans play a pivotal role in agricultural machinery, particularly in the
context of combine harvesters. The performance of these fans significantly impacts the …

How to design a 2D active grid for dynamic inflow modulation

TTB Wester, J Krauss, L Neuhaus, A Hölling… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2022 - Springer
In free-field operation, many aerodynamic systems are confronted with changing turbulent
inflow conditions. Wind turbines are a prominent example. Here, the rotation of the rotor …

Impact of streamwise gusts on the aerodynamic performance of a finite-span wing

D Gloutak, KE Jansen, JA Farnsworth - AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0331. vid The impact of streamwise
gusts or surging flow on the aerodynamic performance of a NACA 0015, finite-span wing …

Aerodynamic Performance of a Finite-Span Wing in a Time-Varying Freestream

D Gloutak, KE Jansen, JA Farnsworth - AIAA Journal, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
The current study analyzes the dynamic response of a NACA 0015 finite-span wing to a time-
varying freestream in an unsteady wind tunnel at a mean Reynolds number of 1.0× 10 5 …

Unsteady Pressure Gradients in Wind Tunnels with Time-Varying Freestreams

D Gloutak, D Eichner, J McGhee, KE Jansen… - AIAA Journal, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
SYSTEMS operating within the atmospheric boundary layer fre-quently encounter gusts [1].
Gusts introduce unsteadiness at timescales and velocities similar to the operating conditions …