Effect of leading-edge tubercles on the flow over low-aspect-ratio wings at low Reynolds number  

作　　者：Pengxin Yang Yichen Zhu Jinjun Wang 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Fluid Mechanics,Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Beijing,100191,China

出　　处：《Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters》2023年第1期41-49,共9页力学快报（英文版）

基　　金：financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grand No.11721202。

摘　　要：Two-dimensional time-resolved particle image velocimetry(TR-PIV)and stereographic particle image velocimetry(SPIV)techniques were used to investigate the effect of leading-edge tubercles on the flow over low-aspect-ratio wing models.The angle of attack is fixed at 10°,and the Reynolds number based on chord length is 5.8×10^(3).It is shown that the leading-edge tubercles can effectively mitigate flow separation in the model and also reduce the contribution of wake vortex to the fluctuating energy of flow.Counter-rotating vortex pairs(CVPs)initiated from the peak of leading-edge tubercles can promote nearby momentum exchange,enhance mixing of the flow and increase the energy contained in the boundary layer,which results in resisting the larger adverse pressure gradient.Therefore,it is concluded that CVPs play an important role in mitigating the flow separation for wings with leading-edge tubercles.

关 键 词：Leading-edge tubercles Low-aspect-ratio Flow separation 

分 类 号：V211[航空宇航科学与技术—航空宇航推进理论与工程]