Aerodynamics of unconventional airfoils - actuation force of variable cambered airfoil by Chan, Adil Arif.

“…Results showed that the strong aerodynamic force due to the high flow speed causes an upward camber detrimental to the airfoil morphing.…”
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Aerodynamics of unconventional airfoils by Tee, Kok Heng.

“…The project also explored the effects of a flap addition to the airfoil. The airfoil S1223 was reported to achieve a Cl,max of approximately 2.2 under flow conditions where Re = 20,000. …”
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Design of a transonic airfoil by Lim, Jing Kai.

“…This project will investigate the actuation forces and energies required to change the camber of a transonic morphing airfoil. Current studies on variable-camber morphing airfoils primarily concern themselves with computational analyses and models of the actuation forces and energies required for morphing, with few studies delving into the area of the actual construction of a morphing airfoil nor the measurement of the predicted quantities. …”
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Design of a morphing airfoil by Yap, Chor Yen

“…Recent advancements in smart materials enable energy efficient solid state actuation of morphing airfoil. The Macro Fiber Composite (MFC) is one of the most popular piezoelectric actuator for this application in recent developments.…”
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Design of a morphing airfoil by Varsha Ravichandran

“…In order to assess its characteristics of the static and dynamic changes of the airfoil, it is tested in still air and wind tunnel measurements in flow regimes of Reynolds number 150,000. …”
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Design of a morphing airfoil by Tan, Hao Chong

“…This report studies the aerodynamic effects of a small single shape-morphing hump on a 2D NACA 4412 airfoil surface under a free stream of 0.7 Mach number and various cruising angle of attacks ranging from 0 degree to 4 degrees. …”
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Simulation of flapping wing by Liong, Sun Loon.

“…It also made a detail investigation on the parameters that influence the airfoil during the oscillating movement. The investigation begins with validating flow domain and turbulence model on stationary airfoil against unrealistic solution. …”
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CFD analysis of NREL 10m wind turbine by Cao, Feng

“…The main part of the NREL 10m wind turbine was constructed by using the S809 airfoil. As such, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of the 2-dimensional (2D) S809 airfoil was carried out prior to the CFD analysis of the 3D wind turbine model. …”
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Development of morphing UAV by Tan, Chun Sing.

“…These changing in airfoil profile allow the UAV to maximize lift during take-off and landing, while minimizing drag during cruising. …”
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Micro air vehicles : flapping wing propulsion by Chin, Shi Tong.

“…In the experimental investigation, an SD7003 airfoil is rapidly pitched to six terminal angle of attacks of 5 ̊, 10 ̊, 15 ̊, 20 ̊, 25 ̊ and 30 ̊at Re=2000, 6000 and 16416. …”
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Design and analysis on small scale fixed-pitch Straight Bladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (SB-VAWTs) by Ji, Xiao Na

“…For each case, three different airfoil profiles were tested. This area of work led to the development of a systematic methodology for VAWT testing. …”
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Application of biologically inspired "Pop-Up'' feather style high lift device on micro aerial vehicles. by Wang, John Chung Hung.

“…While some mean aerodynamic characteristics may agree well between the numerical and experimental results, the computed detailed flow behavior along the airfoil surface regions will require further validation. …”
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Micro air vehicles : flapping wing propulsion by Tan, Rui Xia.

“…Thrust is observed to be produced when the kh value exceeds 0.05 and even appears to exceed a plunging NACA0012 airfoil in Reynolds flow of 105 at 0.275 at kh=0.54. …”
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Flapping wing mechanism for micro aerial vehicles by Yeo, Janan Yul Chen.

“…The thrust generation ability of this flapping wing propulsion mechanism is obtained with different sets of airfoils under varying flapping frequencies. Finally, the wake velocity profiles generated by the different set of airfoils under varying flapping frequencies are plotted and analysed. …”
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Design and analysis of a vertical axis wind turbine by Koh, Jian Hao.

“…Performance characteristics with SD8020, NACA0022 and S1223 airfoils at different turbine configuration were also analyzed. …”
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