Title of article :
Usability of the Selig S1223 Profile Airfoil as a High Lift Hydrofoil for Hydrokinetic Application
Author/Authors :
Oller, S. A Faculty of Engineering - National University of Salta, Salta, Argentina , Nallim, L. G Faculty of Engineering - National University of Salta, Salta, Argentina , Oller, S International Center for Method in Engineering - UPC Technical University of Catalonia
Abstract :
This work presents a numerical analysis of the ability of the high lift airfoil profile Selig S1223 for working
as hydrofoil under water conditions. The geometry of the hydrofoil blade is designed through a suitable airfoil
profile and then studied carefully by means of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in order to check its
hydrodynamic behavior, i.e., including lift and drag analysis, and determinations of streamlines velocities and
pressures fields. Finally conclusions on the use of this profile in a possible application for hydrokinetic
turbine blades are detailed.
Keywords :
Hydrofoil , Hydrokinetic generation , Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
