Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the aerodynamic performance of the NACA 4415 airfoil with and without passive vortex generators. The measurement has been carried out for three considered cases: smooth airfoil for baseline case, airfoil with triangular vortex generator and also air...

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Main Authors: Zulkefli, Nur Faraihan, Ahamat, Mohamad Asmidzam, N. F., Mohd Safri, Mohd Nur, Nurhayati, Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine
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Language:English
Published: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81225/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81225/1/NACA.pdf
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author Zulkefli, Nur Faraihan
Ahamat, Mohamad Asmidzam
N. F., Mohd Safri
Mohd Nur, Nurhayati
Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine
author_facet Zulkefli, Nur Faraihan
Ahamat, Mohamad Asmidzam
N. F., Mohd Safri
Mohd Nur, Nurhayati
Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine
author_sort Zulkefli, Nur Faraihan
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description An experimental study was conducted to investigate the aerodynamic performance of the NACA 4415 airfoil with and without passive vortex generators. The measurement has been carried out for three considered cases: smooth airfoil for baseline case, airfoil with triangular vortex generator and also airfoil with shark skin shape vortex generator. Both the triangular and shark skin vortex generators were located at 50% of chord from leading edge of the airfoil with a 20° counter-rotating incident angle. The experiments were conducted with Reynold’s number of 100,000. Overall, the results indicate that the lift and drag coefficients, and lift-to-drag ratio, for the airfoil with sharkskin vortex generator are comparatively higher than the other airfoils at some angles of attack. The findings can be applied in optimizing shark skin shape vortex generator for the airfoil performance enhancement.
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spelling upm-812252021-06-19T16:11:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81225/ Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator Zulkefli, Nur Faraihan Ahamat, Mohamad Asmidzam N. F., Mohd Safri Mohd Nur, Nurhayati Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine An experimental study was conducted to investigate the aerodynamic performance of the NACA 4415 airfoil with and without passive vortex generators. The measurement has been carried out for three considered cases: smooth airfoil for baseline case, airfoil with triangular vortex generator and also airfoil with shark skin shape vortex generator. Both the triangular and shark skin vortex generators were located at 50% of chord from leading edge of the airfoil with a 20° counter-rotating incident angle. The experiments were conducted with Reynold’s number of 100,000. Overall, the results indicate that the lift and drag coefficients, and lift-to-drag ratio, for the airfoil with sharkskin vortex generator are comparatively higher than the other airfoils at some angles of attack. The findings can be applied in optimizing shark skin shape vortex generator for the airfoil performance enhancement. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication 2019-11 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81225/1/NACA.pdf Zulkefli, Nur Faraihan and Ahamat, Mohamad Asmidzam and N. F., Mohd Safri and Mohd Nur, Nurhayati and Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine (2019) Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 8 (4). pp. 9231-9234. ISSN 2277-3878 https://www.ijrte.org/download/volume-8-issue-4/ 10.35940/ijrte.D9222.118419
spellingShingle Zulkefli, Nur Faraihan
Ahamat, Mohamad Asmidzam
N. F., Mohd Safri
Mohd Nur, Nurhayati
Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine
Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator
title Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator
title_full Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator
title_fullStr Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator
title_full_unstemmed Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator
title_short Lift enhancement of NACA 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator
title_sort lift enhancement of naca 4415 airfoil using biomimetic shark skin vortex generator
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81225/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81225/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81225/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81225/1/NACA.pdf