Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
individual
What campus are you from?
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Graduate Student
Lead Presenter's Name
Paul Winner
Faculty Mentor Name
Dr. Ebenezer Gnanamanickam
Abstract
Junction flows are a phenomenon frequently encountered in a variety of fields with a diversity of applications. Junction flows, with its individual components, is a complex, coupled, and interacting flow field. While there exists some understanding of its individual component such as the horseshoe vortices and corner separations present in these flows, there is very little predictive understanding of the entire interacting flow mechanism which is the focus of this research. Utilizing a NACA 2415 wing section in tandem with various flow visualization techniques, it was discovered that the horseshoe vortex is invariant in its presence, while the corner separation was highly dependent on the angle of attack and placement of the wing section in the flow. The sizing of both depended primarily on the angle of attack of the wing. Further research should focus on corroborating these results, correct inconsistencies in flow visualization seeding, possible misidentification of the flow mechanisms and vary the flow field conditions
Did this research project receive funding support from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Yes, SURF
An Investigation of Wing-Body Junction Flows
Junction flows are a phenomenon frequently encountered in a variety of fields with a diversity of applications. Junction flows, with its individual components, is a complex, coupled, and interacting flow field. While there exists some understanding of its individual component such as the horseshoe vortices and corner separations present in these flows, there is very little predictive understanding of the entire interacting flow mechanism which is the focus of this research. Utilizing a NACA 2415 wing section in tandem with various flow visualization techniques, it was discovered that the horseshoe vortex is invariant in its presence, while the corner separation was highly dependent on the angle of attack and placement of the wing section in the flow. The sizing of both depended primarily on the angle of attack of the wing. Further research should focus on corroborating these results, correct inconsistencies in flow visualization seeding, possible misidentification of the flow mechanisms and vary the flow field conditions