The usability of the Selig S1223 profile airfoil as a high lift hydrofoil for hydrokinetic application

SERGIO ALEJANDRO OLLER ARAMAYO; LIZ G. NALLIM; SERGIO OLLER

Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics

Isfahan University of Technology

Año: 2016 vol. 9 p. 537 - 542

1735-3572

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.