Research Article

Effects of Splitting Airfoil’s Aspect Ratio on the Control of Separation and Loss Distribution in a Distortion Generator

Table 1

Design characteristic of modified aspect ratio variants.

Test case No.DesignationPurpose of standard airfoil resize

190new1Study of aspect ratio reduction below limiting value of “1”
290new2Study of further reduction of aspect ratio relative to the test case No. 1
390new3Study of opposite surface increase at equal aspect ratio relative to the test case No. 1
460newStudy of opening angle reduction at equal aspect ratio relative to the test case No. 1