Computational Study on Aerodynamic Characteristics and Behaviour of S5010 Airfoil

Muhamad Hasfanizam  Mat Yazik; Masaaki  Tamagawa; Mohamed Thariq  Hameed Sultan; Adi  Adzrif

Authors

Muhamad Hasfanizam Mat Yazik Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Masaaki Tamagawa Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2‐4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu‐ku, Kitakyushu 808‐0196, Japan
Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (944751-A), Prime Minister’s Department, MIGHT Partnership Hub, Jalan Impact, 63000 Cyberaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Adi Adzrif Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Keywords:

S5010, airfoil, CFD, lift coefficient, drag coefficient, lift-to-drag ratio

Abstract

In this study, a numerical simulation has been conducted to understand the effect of angle of attack on the S5010 airfoil profile. ANSYS Fluent was utilized with the compliment of experimental data from literature. The 2-D computational fluid dynamic simulation were conducted to find the lift, drag and lift-to-drag ratio of S5010 airfoil at various angle of attack up till the stalling point. The k-? SST turbulent model was used to model the turbulent flow during the simulation. The data obtained was compared with available experimental data for validity and later extended to obtain stall angle of the airfoil. It was found that the stall angle of S5010 airfoil was at 11? and the maximum lift-to-drag ratio was obtained at 7.8?. Considering the simulation, acceptable solution has been achieved that can be used to compare with other airfoil profile in the future.