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Characteristics of the wake behind a cascade of airfoils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

R. Raj  and
B. Lakshminarayana
R. Raj
Affiliation:
Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
B. Lakshminarayana
Affiliation:
Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
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Abstract

An analytical and experimental investigation of the near and far wake characteristics of a cascade of airfoils is reported in this paper. The measurement of mean velocity, turbulence intensity and Reynolds stress across the wake at several distances downstream of the cascade indicates that the wake is asymmetrical and this asymmetry is maintained even up to 3/4 chord length. Experiments carried out at three incidences reveal that the decay of the wake defect is strongly dependent on the downstream variation of the wake edge velocity. For a cascade, the decay rate of the wake defect is found to be slower than that of a flat plate, cylinder or symmetrical airfoil (at zero incidence). The level of turbulence and Reynolds stresses are found to be high and some comments are made regarding self-preservation and structure of the flow. Semi-theoretical expressions are given for the wake profile, and decay of the velocity defect, turbulence intensity and Reynolds stress.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , 18 December 1973 , pp. 707 - 730
Copyright
© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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