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Omkar Walvekar and Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy
A conceptual framework is presented to determine the improvement in the aerodynamic performance of a canard aircraft fitted with distributed propellers along its main wing. A preliminary study is described with four airframe?propeller configurations pred...
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Simon Joßberger and Stefan Riedelbauch
Double-regulated Kaplan turbines with adjustable guide vanes and runner blades offer a high degree of flexibility and good efficiency for a wide range of operating points. However, this also leads to a complex geometry and flow guidance with, for example...
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Chong Yan, Yibing Xu, Ruizhe Cao and Ying Piao
The very large eddy simulation (VLES) method was investigated for supersonic reacting flows in the present work. The advantages and characteristics of the VLES model and the widely used improved delayed detached eddy simulation (IDDES) method were reveal...
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Wenbo Shi, Heng Zhang and Yuanxiang Li
The accurate prediction of blade tip vortices continues to be challenging for the investigation of rotor aerodynamics. In the current work, the blade tip vortex system of a Caradonna?Tung rotor in the hovering state is simulated on account of the framewo...
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Muqing Yang, Dongli Ma and Liang Zhang
The temperature of the solar cells on the upper surface of a solar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wing is much higher than the atmospheric temperature during flight. The temperature difference will induce buoyancy-driven Görtler vortices that may influenc...
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Stefan Nilsson, Hua-Dong Yao, Anders Karlsson and Sebastian Arvidson
The effects of elastic cavity walls on noise generation at transonic speed are investigated for the generic M219 cavity. The flow is simulated with the Spalart?Allmaras (SA) improved delayed detached-eddy simulation (IDDES) turbulence model in combinatio...
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Chawki Abdessemed, Abdessalem Bouferrouk and Yufeng Yao
This work explores the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic responses of an airfoil fitted with a harmonically morphing Trailing Edge Flap (TEF). An unsteady parametrization method adapted for harmonic morphing is introduced, and then coupled with dynamic meshin...
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Jing Li, Chunbao Liu and Xiaoying Li
This paper examines the effects on a Clark-y three-dimensional hydrofoil of wavy leading-edge protuberances in a quantitative and qualitative way. The simulation is accompanied by a hybrid RANS-LES model in conjunction with Zwart-Gerber?Belamri model. De...
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Iosu Ibarra-Udaeta, Koldo Portal-Porras, Alejandro Ballesteros-Coll, Unai Fernandez-Gamiz and Javier Sancho
Passive flow control devices are included in the design of wind turbine blades in order to obtain better performance and reduce loads without consuming any external energy. Vortex Generators are one of the most popular flow control devices, whose main ob...
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Wladyslaw Marek Hamiga and Wojciech Bronislaw Ciesielka
Understanding local phenomena connected with airflow around road vehicles allows to reduce the negative impact of transportation on the environment. This paper presents using numerical tools for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational AeroAc...
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