Computational analysis of influence of CFJ components on aerodynamic performance

Abstract

This research aims to explore the effect of the co-flow jet (CFJ) airfoil injection jet velocity, injection height, and injection mass flow rate on the aerodynamic coefficient through numerical analysis. Five distinct circumstances are generated by adjusting the jet velocity, injection height, and mass flow rate, and each of the cases underwent numerical investigation. For this computational analysis, Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) solver has been utilized by employing the Spalart–Allmaras turbulence model, and the flow is treated as incompressible. The higher injection slots reduce the coefficient of lift (CL) due to poor aerodynamic shape, which can be overcome by injecting higher jet velocities, whereas lower jet velocities injecting into lower injection slots do not raise the CL even though they have streamlined aerodynamic shape. Hence, even if CFJ airfoils with poor geometry perform less aerodynamically, this problem is not intractable because it can be solved by injecting high jet velocities; meanwhile, injecting low velocities will result in reduced aerodynamic performance for CFJ airfoils with good geometry. The CFJ airfoil with the highest jet velocity and lowest injection slot increases the CL by a maximum of 65% compared to the baseline airfoil, which is higher than all other CFJ airfoils taken into consideration.