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This investigation studied the control of boundary layer separation on a NACA4415 airfoil by optimizing the parameters of vortex generators (VG) like thickness, location, yaw angle, distance between VGs, and height. Computational fluid dynamics simulations were performed in a wind tunnel at different Reynolds numbers for rectangular and triangular VG shapes. The study found that thinner VGs with a location closer to the leading edge increased maximum lift but also increased drag. An optimal yaw angle of 11-12 degrees was found depending on the VG shape. Closer spacing of triangular VGs increased maximum lift without increasing drag. VG height also influenced performance, with shorter VGs degrading performance at higher angles of attack. Higher lift coefficients were

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CONCLUSION

This investigation studied the control of boundary layer separation on a NACA4415 airfoil by optimizing the parameters of vortex generators (VG) like thickness, location, yaw angle, distance between VGs, and height. Computational fluid dynamics simulations were performed in a wind tunnel at different Reynolds numbers for rectangular and triangular VG shapes. The study found that thinner VGs with a location closer to the leading edge increased maximum lift but also increased drag. An optimal yaw angle of 11-12 degrees was found depending on the VG shape. Closer spacing of triangular VGs increased maximum lift without increasing drag. VG height also influenced performance, with shorter VGs degrading performance at higher angles of attack. Higher lift coefficients were

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CONCLUSION

The purpose of this investigation deals with the control of boundary


layer separation of a NACA4415 airfoil. The study focuses on the
optimization of vortex generators parameters (thickness, location from the
leading edge, yaw angle, distance between VGs, height) in counter-rotating
configuration.

Moreover a new configuration consisting in tandems of conventional


and submerged VGs has also been investigated. For all these parametric
studies, both rectangular and triangular VGs shapes have been tested. The
CFD have been carried out in a closed subsonic wind tunnel with a
maximum air velocity of 21 m/s, which corresponds to a Reynolds number
of 2×105 (based on air flow velocity and airfoil chord). The VGs thickness
influence study reveals that e = 0.25 mm presents very interesting
improvements compared to e = 1 mm. Moreover, concerning the XVG
location influence, decreasing its value from 0.5c to 0.3c increases the
maximum lift coefficient (up to 16.3% for the rectangular VGs shape for
XVG 0.3c and 11.3% for the triangular one for XVG 0.4c), but on the other
hand it increases in the mean time the drag for the rectangular case and for
the triangular one there exists an optimum for XVG 0.4c.

The results on the sensitivity to yaw angle reveal that CL max


increases when β decreases and an optimal value is found in the range
11°β12°, ac- cording to the VGs shape (rectangular or triangular). Any
distance reduction between VGs did not lead to any improvement on the
maximum lift coefficient for the rectangular shape, but the CL max is
increased up to 13.5% for the triangular one, on the other hand the parasite
drag is reduced. The VGs height appeared to behave differently from what
was reported in the literature. Reducing VGs height degrades performance
when the stall occurs around α 17° and 15° with standard (h 5 mm) and
sub-VGs (h 3 mm), respectively. On the other hand the drag coefficient
increases with height for standard VGs. Higher values of CL max have
been obtained using the coupled configurations of vortex generator devices
with submerged-VGs on wing airfoils. These results indicate that an
increase in vortex generator intensity generates a flow in their surroundings
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similar to that produced by a Delta wing, disturbing the boundary layer in
such a way that the CL max increases, along with the stall angle of attack
delay. The lift-to-drag ratio gives relevant measure about the impact of VGs
on aerodynamic performance. Representative surface pressure distributions
have shown that, VGs increase pressure magnitudes and they have moved
the separation point slightly aft. Optimum angles of β 11° and 12° were
obtained for triangular and rectangular VGs, respectively.

Further CFD and computations should be performed with broader


ranges of VGs parameters in order to better optimize aerodynamic
performance. It is also important to analyze what kinds of vortices are being
generated and which are their effects on the airfoil, either on their
circulation and/or on the flow boundary layer.

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