Trailing-edge serrations effect on the performance of a wind turbine

An experimental study focusing on the change of the aerodynamic performance of a wind turbine with the employment of trailing-edge serrations is presented. The design procedure which starts from the serration design, together with the experimental wind tunnel testing and the installation in an already operating wind turbine is discussed. A...

Estimating aircraft drag polar using open flight surveillance data and a stochastic total energy model

In air traffic management research, aircraft performance models are often used to generate and analyze aircraft trajectories. Although a crucial part of the aircraft performance model, the aerodynamic property of aircraft is rarely available for public research purposes, as it is protected by aircraft manufacturers for commercial reasons. In...

Aircraft Drag Polar Estimation Based on a Stochastic Hierarchical Model

The aerodynamic properties of an aircraft determine a crucial part of the aircraft performance model. Deriving accurate aerodynamic coefficients requires detailed knowledge of the aircraft’s design. These designs and parameters are well protected by aircraft manufacturers. They rarely can be used in public research. Very detailed aerodynamic...

Clebsch variable model for unsteady inviscid transonic flow with strong shock waves

In comparison with Euler methods unsteady inviscid transonic full potential methods are known to suffer from limitations with respect to the modeling of shock waves. In this paper unsteady 2D and 3D full potential methods are extended with the Clebsch variable model. This model represents exactly the shockgenerated entropy and vorticity. The...

Parameter identification results of tests in non-steady symmetric flight with the Hawker Hunter Mk VII

This report presents the parameter identification results derived from data recorded during non-steady symmetric flight test manoeuvres with the Hawker Hunter Mk VII laboratory aircraft. This flight test program was executed in co-operation with the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the Delft University of Technology. The reproducibility of...

Results of a new version of the LTRAN2-NLR code (LTRANV) for unsteady viscous transonic flow computations

An outline is given of a first version of the computer programme LTRAFV for coupled unsteady transonic flow/turbxilent boundary layer computations. It is a combination of the LTRAN2-NLR programme and the lagentrainment method of Green. A comparison is made of theoretical and experimental results for the NACA64A006 airfoil with oscillating flap...