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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Study of rain effects on airfoils by Lee, Wei Hong.

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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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Numerical aerodynamic drag prediction of airfoils by Venugopalan Srinivasa Gopala Raghavan

“…Two cases are considered here – the transonic flow over a RAE2822 airfoil and the subsonic flow over a NACA0012 airfoil. …”
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Study on airfoil performance in unsteady flows by Teo, Alvin Zhen Wei.

“…The first aim of this project is to design a gust generator operating on oscillating airfoils in order to generate unsteady gusts. The desired output of this gust generator is to produce a sinusoidal flow. …”
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B147 study on airfoil performance in gusts by Png, Yong Han

“…The dimensions of the existing airfoils were also changed to reduce the torque required to rotate the airfoils in attempt to produce sinusoidal wind gusts in the wind tunnel. …”
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Effects of plasma actuator on flow over an airfoil by Ang, Edwin Wen Jun

“…Two features of flow control are investigated: delaying flow separation and controlling of lift generated. A NACA 0015 airfoil with plasma actuator installed at the surface was tested in an opened-loop wind tunnel at Re=106k and 212k and the aerodynamic forces were measured using a six-axis force/torque sensor. …”
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On the flow behaviour of 2D flexible airfoils by Huang, Yu Hao

“…This thesis studies the on flow behaviour of the corrugated airfoil proposed by B. G Newman et al. [1]. Unlike previous studies by Flint et al. [2], this study put the flexibility and deformation of the airfoil into consideration. …”
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A numerical investigation on finite wings with leading-edge protuberances by Lim, Zhi Yang

“…This study aims to study the performance variations of an airfoil when leading edge sinusoidal protuberances or tubercles are implemented using numerical investigation. …”
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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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Design of a miniature fan for industrial applications by Tan, Hui Jing.

“…The conceptual design in this project was based on the Dyson's Air Multiplier working mechanism which uses airfoil profile to generate entrainment effect. Three airfoils with different properties namely NACA 2415, NACA 23015 and a Coanda airfoil similar to NACA M16 were chosen for study. …”
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Design and development of novel air-cooled heat exchangers for enhanced thermal-hydraulic performance by Ng, Swee Yong

“…In this report, we will be investigating the effects of different angles of attack (α) of the airfoil fins (0°, 10°, 20°) on the thermal and hydraulic performance of the airfoil heat exchanger. …”
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Design of a miniature fan for industrial applications by Liang, Zhengxi.

“…Through the experiments conducted, the prototype was able to achieve approximately 0.483 litres/sec, 40% of the objective. Without an airfoil, flow separation is observed, resulting in backflow while an airfoil causes the flow to be directed uniformly from the inlet to the outlet.…”
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Design of a miniature fan for industrial applications by Ng, Chok Kee

“…Five variants of prototype design, which varied the orientation and positions of the airfoil, as well as three variants of prototype covers were designed and manufactured. …”
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Investigation for bodies in moving frame of reference by Xavier, Briant Benjamin

“…CFD was used to compare the stationary body case to the moving body case for 2 different objects, namely a thin airfoil and a thick airfoil. The thin and thick airfoil had a maximum thickness of 12% and 30% of the chord length respectively. …”
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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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