Experimental Study on Flow Characteristics Around Twin Wind Blades (RESEARCH NOTE)

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School of Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract

In the current study, twin wind blades are designed, fabricated and the effect of various gap ratio (g*) at various angle of attacks (α) on a next to each other twin wind blades are examined in an open-channel wind tunnel. Aerodynamic forces and moments are determined by using three-constraint force balancer. For gap ratio of zero, the aerodynamic attributes are like those of a solitary wind blade edge. As g* increases, these two wind blades actuate the vertical wake to stage vortex shedding modes. With further increment in g*, the wake stream pattern was like those behind a solitary wind blade. For a solitary wind blade, the maximum lift is found to be at α = 30. The pitching moment increases with α. The impact of upper aerofoil blade on the lower one diminished as g* increases.

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International Journal of Engineering
Volume 31, Issue 5
TRANSACTIONS B: Applications
May 2018
Pages 820-825

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