The
:ingle betwcc.n
zero
lift
direction
(<,
=
0)
i~nd
chord, the
SO-called
zero
angle
of attack
follows rrorn this as
Obviously (Fig. 6.2.4)
tlie so-called physical angle of attack
So,
between zero lift direction
(due to the aerofoil's geometry),
and
the undisturbed velocity
kv,
results fro111
Inserting this into (6.2 --41) gives
The
exact theory would yield 2
n
sin
do,
which makes nearly no difference for the small
angles of attack 6,
(
<
15")
considered 11c1-e. In rcality the constant is smaller than 2
namely
4,8 for slim profiles and up to 5,5 for thicker ones. The reason, discussed in
[5.2]
is given by the fact, that the real profile is accompanied
by
boundary layers and wakes,
the displacement thickness of which has to be added to the solid aerofoil.
b) The aerofoil in cascade
(G):
Here an aerofoil with the geometry of the above single one
%
is
arrangcd in a cascade. The following three problems arise from this:
a
1)
How does the
lift
coeflicient (important for dimensioning
a
rotor vane) depend now
?
on the physical angle of attack
So?
2) What is the ratio between lift coefficient of aerofoils in cascade to that of the single
aerofoil,
ivhen the physical angle of attack is retained (so-called cascade factor)?
3)
Ilov; docs the zero angle of attack depend on the geometry of the aerofoil and the
cascade?
Assuming relatively small induced velocities
c,,
of the residual cascade as compared with
those
c,?
due to self induction and as compared with
irv,,
compatible with the basic
1
assumpt~o~i of small angles of attack, the kinematic boundary condition corresponding
I
to (6.2-32) map be approximated with the y-component of induced velocity
c,.
Accord'
l
ing to
(6.2
-
29)
this is composed of c,,, and c,,,.
1
With
c,,,.~
=
bv,
(AG
cRl
li.+
BG.cRY
Bi
+
CC
cIY
,-,),
i
denoting the point considered, th
kinematic boundary
cond~tion is now dylds
-
(c,,
+
c,,,)/~v, and beco~rles with
cE
from (6.2-31) and dy1d.x from (6.2-34) for the point
x
=
xi
6
+
9,
=
A,
(1
i-
c,,
,,)
+
B,
(2 xi/L
+
c,,
,i)
+
CG
[(2
x~/L)~
-
113
+
c~~ ci]
-
If
the profile with its angles
3,
in the cascade
is
the same as the single one and if also t
angle
of
attack
6,
the undisturbed speed
w,
makes with the chord, is the
same
in bot
the cases, then the left hand sides of both the relations (6.2-35) and (6.2-45) are the
Sam
and hence can be eliminated.
Applying
tlie remaining system at the three points
x,
=
-
L
d/4,
x,
=
0,
x,
=
L
three linear equa!ions arc obtained for the coefftcients
A,,
BG,
C,
(due
to the aero
cascade) as a function of the coefficients
A,,
13,,
C,
(due to the single aerofoil) accordi
to (6.2-36), (6.2-37). Hence
A,
=
f
(A,,
BE,
CE)
etc.
Introducing now
the coefficients
A,,
B,,
C,
into (6.2-40) gives the lift coeflicient
cascade
of
a certain aerofoil with the angles
yi
and hence certain figures
Ki
from
(6.2-
as
iAC
=
(C11C4)J
+
(C1
K1
+
CZ
KZ
+
C3 K3)lC4,
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