Numerical study on flow separation control over NACA0015 aerofoil using electromagnetic fields

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2013-05-15
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Inthisstudy,afowsolverwasdevelopedbasedonthegoverningRANSequationsofcompressiblefowsandwasfurtherextendedtoincludetheefectsofelectromagneticforcesnamelyLorentzforces.Lorentzforcesmaybeaddedasasourceterminthegoverningfuidfowequations.NumericalstudieswerecarriedoutforNACA0015aerofoilathighanglesofincidencesfrom15to30andcomparedwithsomeavailablecasesofexperimentalandincompressiblenumericalsolutions.Thehydrodynamicsperformancewasimprovedusingamagneticmomentumcoefcientofupto0.048.Thesizeoffowseparationzonewasdecreasedorcompletelyeliminatedbyincreasingthiscoefcient.Theoveralldragwasnotchangedconsiderably,howevertheoverallliftwasincreasedupto80percentatstallangles.