Project Team
Students
Joshua Bannon
Aerospace Engineering
Penn State University Park
Faculty Mentors
Mark Miller
Penn State University Park
Aerospace Engineering
Azar Eslam-Panah
Penn State Berks
Division of Engineering
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Project Abstract
The goal of this research was to design and build an apparatus to investigate the effects of dynamic stall in a water channel. Specifically, dynamic stall would be investigated using an NACA 0012 airfoil in the Laminar Flow Water Channel located on the Penn State University Park campus. Most of the research regarding dynamic stall has been performed at a graduate-level or higher, and with the potential for this rig to be used in an undergraduate lab course, it’s important that younger individuals gain access to this niche topic. To design the apparatus, much literature review was done to investigate previous researchers’ data collection methods and findings. Computer-aided design (CAD) work was performed in SolidWorks to build the mechanism and ensure that it operated as desired prior to machining. While machine work has yet to be completed, a majority of the parts are ready to be built (or ordered from third parties in some cases). As the apparatus was designed, an Aerospace 305 lab exercise was drafted simultaneously. This exercise was written with the intent that students would use the stall rig to perform flow visualizations in the water channel while also adjusting the pitch frequencies and channel flow speeds to examine Strouhal number effects. Future work would include completing the construction of the pitching rig, ensuring it functions properly in the water channel under normal conditions, possibly with the inclusion of flow visualizations, and helping the aerospace department implement the lab exercise if desired.
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