AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC AND FLOW （空气动力特性和流）.pdf

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC AND FLOW PATTERN ON DIMPLES STRUCTURE OF A SPHERE 1 2 3 4 Katsumi Aoki , Koji Muto , Hiroo Okanaga and Yasuki Nakayama ABSTRACT 5 The fluid force on a sphere with dimples has been investigated in Reynolds number range from 0.4×10 to 5. Two spheres of diameter 42.6 and 100mm were studied with 328 dimples on their surface. In the present 1.7×10 study, the dimples in the form of three types (arc, cone and trapezoid type) were used. And more, the depth ratio of arc type dimple (k/d) (k : the depth of dimple, d : the diameter of sphere) was changed from 0.0018 to 0.0188. The drag on a sphere with dimples was measured using a three components load cell with a strain gage. The pressure distribution around a sphere with dimples was measured using a semiconductor pressure transducer. The flow pattern around a sphere with dimples was visualized with the spark tracing method. In addition, a detailed flow pattern around a sphere with dimples was clarified by a computation according to Large Eddy Simulation (LES). From these results, the relation between the drag and the flow pattern around a sphere with dimples became clear. Keywords: Sphere, Dimple structure, Drag coefficient, Flow visualization, CFD 1. INTRODUCTION It is well known that the relation between the Reynolds number and the drag coefficient of a sphere have the sub critical, the critical and the super critical region. In the sub critical region, the drag coefficient shows constant value about 0.45. In the critical re