Table 2. Cl, Cd and L/D for clean airfoil and sinusoidal TLE airfoil with 0.025c and 0.25c.
Airfoil | AoA | Cl | % decrease in lift | Cd | % increase in drag | L/D | % decrease in L/D ratio |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clean Airfoil | 0 | 0.353 | 0.0177 | 20.00 | |||
Sinusoidal A 0.025c and W 0.25c | 0 | 0.323 | 8.58 | 0.0190 | 7.53 | 17.7 | 15.0 |
Clean Airfoil | 6 | 0.870 | 0.0341 | 25.51 | |||
Sinusoidal A 0.025c and W 0.25c | 6 | 0.828 | 4.81 | 0.0329 | -3.27 | 25.1 | 1.59 |
Clean Airfoil | 12 | 1.19 | 0.818 | 14.6 | |||
Sinusoidal A 0.025c and W 0.25c | 12 | 0.740 | 38.0 | 0.124 | 52.1 | 5.95 | 59.2 |
Clean Airfoil | 18 | 0.799 | 0.232 | 3.44 | |||
Sinusoidal A 0.025c and W 0.25c | 18 | 0.813 | -1.65 | 0.247 | 6.46 | 3.28 | 4.52 (no improvement due to TLE) |