Numerical investigations into the asymmetric effects on the aerodynamic response of a pitching airfoil

Abstract The effects of asymmetric sinusoidal motion on pitching airfoil aerodynamics were studied by numerical simulations for 2-D flow around a NACA0012 airfoil at Re=1.35×10 5 . Various unsteady parameters (amplitude of oscillation, d ; reduced frequency, k ) were applied to investigate the effect of asymmetry parameter S on the instantaneous force coefficients and flow patterns. The results reveal that S has a noticeable effect on the aerodynamic performance, as it affects the instantaneous force coefficient, maximum lift and drag coefficient, hysteresis loops and the flow structures.

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