Self-sustained aeroelastic oscillations of a NACA0012 airfoil at low-to-moderate Reynolds numbers

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 700-719

  Poirel, D ^a   Harris, Y ^a   Benaissa, A ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeroelasticity; LCO; Low Re aerodynamics; NACA0012; Self sustained oscillations

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; MIXED CONVECTION; MOTION ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AEROELASTIC OSCILLATIONS; ELASTIC AXIS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HOT WIRE ANEMOMETRY (HWA); INITIAL CONDITIONS; LIMIT CYCLE OSCILLATIONS (LCOS); REYNOLDS (CO); SELF SUSTAINED OSCILLATIONS; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS; TRAILING EDGES; TURBULENCE INTENSITY (TU); TWO DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 46749089021     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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