Date of Award
Spring 2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Aerospace Engineering
Committee Director
Colin P. Britcher
Committee Member
Drew Landman
Committee Member
Ali Beskok
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E535 Y38 2010
Abstract
This thesis presents an experimental study of the wake behind a generic, high wing, half model of a propeller driven aircraft. Wake surveys are performed at a free stream velocity of 9m/s in the Old Dominion University Low-Speed Wind Tunnel. The objective of the study is understanding the general characteristics of development and interaction of tip vortices, flap vortices, and propeller vortices in the wake of a two propeller aircraft. The measurements in the wake were obtained by using hot-wire anemometry. Measurements were made both using single wire and X-wire probes mounted on a traverse mechanism on three planes behind the model. These wake surveys allow for, in principle, the explanation of the main characteristics of the tip vortex, flap vortex, and propeller wake, as well as their interactions. To be able to understand these characteristics, the velocity field, turbulence intensity, and the Reynolds normal and shear stresses were examined on the three planes.
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DOI
10.25777/80bf-xn22
Recommended Citation
Yavas, Hasan O..
"An Experimental Study of the Near Wake Field Behind a Propeller Aircraft"
(2010). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/80bf-xn22
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mae_etds/771
