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Numerical study of improving aerodynamic performance of the cylinder airfoil of magnus wind turbine

  • School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

To solve the problem of low lift to drag ratio of Magnus cylinder airfoil, the Computational Fluid Dynamics software Fluent was used to study the principle of a drop of the drag force of cylinder when rotating. And the principle was used to further reduce the drag of rotating cylinder. A traditional airfoil head and a triangle tail was used to study the effect of the aerodynamic performance change of the combined airfoil. A conclusion was made that with a suitable profile of the tail would reduce the drag force of the combined airfoil thus increase the lift to drag ratio of the airfoil. At last an orthogonal test was made to determine the size of the tail airfoil. The result show that the optimized airfoil reduce the drag force to 50% of the original cylinder and improve the lift to drag ratio to 50%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering
Pages414-419
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 International Conference on Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, AMSE 2012 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 9 Dec 201210 Dec 2012

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume650
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2012 International Conference on Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, AMSE 2012
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period9/12/1210/12/12

Keywords

  • Airfoil tail
  • Drag force
  • Lift to drag ratio
  • Magnus effect
  • Rotating cylinder

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