Rotor airfoil aerodynamic design method and wind tunnel test verification

Well-designed airfoil is very important for high-performance rotor.This paper developed an efficient multi-objective and multi-constraint optimization design system for rotor airfoils based on RANS analysis,and verified the performance of the optimized airfoil.Using CRA09-A as the baseline rotor airfoil,the CRA09-B optimized rotor airfoil was designed successfully.Combined with the foundation of high-precision rotor airfoil stationary test technology,the CRA09-B and CRA09-A rotor airfoils were tested in the S3 MA high-speed wind tunnel of ONERA.In order to correct the aerodynamic data,a single parameter linear wall pressure method is used to consider the tunnel effects.The results indicate that multi-objective and multi-constraint optimization design method developed in this study is reliable,and that CRA09-B optimized airfoil provides better stationary performance than CRA09-A airfoil in terms of maximum lift coefficient and lift-to-drag ratio.