The unsteady interaction of a vortex core with a NACA 0015 airfoil is studied in two dimensions. A two-component, three-beam Helium-Neon laser-Doppler Velocimetry system is used to take data in a water tunnel. Ensemble-averaged velocity fields are obtained in the region of the leading edge of the airfoil. Finite-difference algorithms were written to obtain vorticity and pressure in the data field. Computer animation of the unsteady vorticity was accomplished first with a Fortran code written for an Apple Macintosh computer and later with a commercial software package for a SUN Microsystems graphics terminal. / Master of Science
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/41465 |
Date | 12 March 2009 |
Creators | Pesce, Matthew M. |
Contributors | Engineering Mechanics |
Publisher | Virginia Tech |
Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis, Text |
Format | vi, 216 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Relation | OCLC# 23603936, LD5655.V855_1990.P452.pdf |
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