Relationship between Aeolian tone and Wake Vortex from Inclined Flat Blade

Abstract

The three dimensional structure of the wake vortex was investigated in relating to the aeolian tone from the inclined blade. It was pointed out that the aeolian tone is largest not at zero, but at ten degree of the inclined angle. The correlation length of the wake vortex in span becomes large at small inclined angles. The large scale structures of the wake vortex are generated in zero and ten degree of inclined angle. The shape of the structure is influenced with the span-wise velocity in the dead air region. There are small scale spots of the pressure fluctuation at the trailing edge. The spots are interacted each other and make a large cluster of the pressure fluctuation. It is proposed that the scale of it is decided by the timing of the wake vortex formation. And the shape of the wake vortex structure is closely related with the scale of it. The correlation length of the wake vortex is calculated from the shape of the structure. The estimation of aeolian tone by using the length with Fukano's model is well coincided to experiments.

Keywords

• aeolian tone
• vortex shedding
• three-dimensional characteristics
• inclined flat blade
• large structure