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Numerical Investigation of Flow Around a Multi-Element Airfoil with Hybrid RANS-LES Approaches Based on SST Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2017

L. Zhang ,
J. Li ,
Y. F. Mou ,
H. Zhang ,
W. B. Shi  and
J. Jin
L. Zhang
Affiliation:
School of AeronauticsNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an, China
J. Li*
Affiliation:
School of AeronauticsNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an, China
Y. F. Mou
Affiliation:
School of AeronauticsNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an, China
H. Zhang
Affiliation:
School of AeronauticsNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an, China
W. B. Shi
Affiliation:
School of AeronauticsNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an, China
J. Jin
Affiliation:
School of AeronauticsNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an, China
*
*Corresponding author ([email protected])
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Abstract

Accurate prediction of the flow around multi-element airfoil is a prerequisite for improving aerodynamic performance, but its complex flow features impose high demands on turbulence modeling. In this work, delayed detached-eddy-simulation (DDES) and zonal detached-eddy-simulation (ZDES) was applied to simulate the flow past a three-element airfoil. To investigate the effects of numerical dissipation of spatial schemes, the third-order MUSCL and the fifth-order interpolation based on modified Roe scheme were implemented. From the comparisons between the calculations and the available experimental result, third-order MUSCL-Roe can provide satisfactory mean velocity profiles, but the excessive dissipation suppresses the velocity fluctuations level and eliminates the small-scale structures; DDES cannot reproduce the separation near the trailing edge of the flap which lead to the discrepancy in mean pressure coefficients, while ZDES result has better tally with the experiment.

Keywords

Multi-element airfoilNumerical dissipationZonal DESHybrid RANS-LES approach
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Research Article
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , April 2018 , pp. 123 - 134
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2018 

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