Aerodynamic characterization of a soft kite by in situ flow measurement

Oehler, Johannes; Schmehl, Roland

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-1-2019

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-1-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-1-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

Research article

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08 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 08 Jan 2019

Aerodynamic characterization of a soft kite by in situ flow measurement

Johannes Oehler and Roland Schmehl

Data sets

Kite power flight data acquired on 24 March 2017, Dataset, 4TU.Centre for Research Data J. Oehler, R. Schmehl, J. Peschel, P. Faggiani, and B. Buchholz https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:37264fde-2344-4af2-860c-effda9caa3e8

Short summary

We present an experimental method for aerodynamic characterization of flexible membrane kites by in situ measurement of the relative flow, while performing complex flight maneuvers. We find that the aerodynamics of this type of wing depend not only on the angle of attack, but also on the level of aerodynamic loading and the aeroelastic deformation. We recommend using the relative power setting of the kite as a secondary influencing parameter.