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    This document summarizes wind tunnel test results for the aerodynamic characteristics of seven symmetrical airfoil sections from 0 to 180 degrees angle of attack for use in analyzing vertical axis wind turbines. Wind tunnel tests were conducted at moderate Reynolds numbers and provided force and moment data for four airfoils (NACA-0009, -0012, -0012H, and -0015) from 0 to 180 degrees angle of attack. The document also describes how an airfoil property synthesizer code can be used to extend the measured properties to other Reynolds numbers and airfoil profiles (NACA-0018, -0021, and -0025).

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    This document summarizes wind tunnel test results for the aerodynamic characteristics of seven symmetrical airfoil sections from 0 to 180 degrees angle of attack for use in analyzing vertical axis wind turbines. Wind tunnel tests were conducted at moderate Reynolds numbers and provided force and moment data for four airfoils (NACA-0009, -0012, -0012H, and -0015) from 0 to 180 degrees angle of attack. The document also describes how an airfoil property synthesizer code can be used to extend the measured properties to other Reynolds numbers and airfoil profiles (NACA-0018, -0021, and -0025).

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    Characteristics of Seven Different Aerofoils Through 180 Degrees

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    This document summarizes wind tunnel test results for the aerodynamic characteristics of seven symmetrical airfoil sections from 0 to 180 degrees angle of attack for use in analyzing vertical axis wind turbines. Wind tunnel tests were conducted at moderate Reynolds numbers and provided force and moment data for four airfoils (NACA-0009, -0012, -0012H, and -0015) from 0 to 180 degrees angle of attack. The document also describes how an airfoil property synthesizer code can be used to extend the measured properties to other Reynolds numbers and airfoil profiles (NACA-0018, -0021, and -0025).

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    SANDIA REPORT

    SAND80-2114 UC-261
    Unlimited Release
    Printed March 1981

    AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SEVEN SYMMETRICAL AIRFOIL


    SECTIONS THROUGH 180-DEGREE ANGLE OF ATTACK FOR USE IN
    AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES

    Robert E. Sheldahl, Paul C. Klimas


    Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque, NM 87185

    ABSTRACT

    When work began on the Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT)
    program at Sandia National Laboratories, it was recognized that there
    was a paucity of symmetrical airfoil data needed to describe the
    aerodynamics of turbine blades. Curved-bladed Darrieus turbines operate
    at local Reynolds numbers (Re) and angles of attack ( α) seldom
    encountered in aeronautical applications. This report describes (1) a
    wind tunnel test series conducted at moderate values of Re in which O ≤ α
    ≤ 180° force and moment data were obtained for four symmetrical blade-
    candidate airfoil sections (NACA-0009, -0012, -0012H, and -0015), and
    (2) how an airfoil property synthesizer code can be used to extend the
    measured properties to arbitrary values of Re (l0 4 ≤ Re ≤ 107) and to
    certain other section profiles (NACA-0018, -0021, -0025).

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