TY - GEN
T1 - Experimental results for the E 387 airfoil at low Reynolds numbers in The Penn State Low-Speed, Low-Turbulence Wind Tunnel
AU - Somers, Dan M.
AU - Maughmer, Mark D.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - To validate an accurate, rapid, two-dimensional, wind-tunnel test capability at low Reynolds numbers, the E 387 airfoil has been investigated in The Pennsylvania State University Low-Speed, Low-Turbulence Wind Tunnel over the range of Reynolds numbers from 60,000 to 460,000. Comparisons with results from the NASA Langley Low-Turbulence Pressure Tunnel, the Delft University of Technology Low Speed Laboratory, and the University of Stuttgart Model Wind Tunnel show excellent, good, and fair agreement, respectively. Comparisons with predictions from the Eppler and MSES codes show good agreement. The validation of the test capability is a prerequisite of the design and verification of high-lift, low pitching-moment airfoils for VTOL UAVs to follow.
AB - To validate an accurate, rapid, two-dimensional, wind-tunnel test capability at low Reynolds numbers, the E 387 airfoil has been investigated in The Pennsylvania State University Low-Speed, Low-Turbulence Wind Tunnel over the range of Reynolds numbers from 60,000 to 460,000. Comparisons with results from the NASA Langley Low-Turbulence Pressure Tunnel, the Delft University of Technology Low Speed Laboratory, and the University of Stuttgart Model Wind Tunnel show excellent, good, and fair agreement, respectively. Comparisons with predictions from the Eppler and MSES codes show good agreement. The validation of the test capability is a prerequisite of the design and verification of high-lift, low pitching-moment airfoils for VTOL UAVs to follow.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:73449106823
SN - 9781615671922
T3 - American Helicopter Society International - AHS Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics 2008
SP - 252
EP - 261
BT - AHS Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics 2008
T2 - AHS Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics 2008
Y2 - 23 January 2008 through 25 January 2008
ER -