AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A PLUNGING WING UNDER GUST ENVIRONMENT

Ilgin KAL, Berk ZALOGLU, Idil FENERCIOGLU and Oksan CETINER

The performance of a sinusoidally plunging wing under three different gust types is investigated in a water channel. Four gust encounter times are considered to examine the effect of gust on the wing plunging at four different frequencies. Direct force/moment measurements in conjunction with simultaneous DPIV measurements are acquired in order to determine the performance of the plunging wing under vortex gust and to visualize corresponding flow structure interactions.

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