Journal of Aircraft · 1986 · 23 citations · 4 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAerodynamicsComputational Fluid DynamicsFluid DynamicsAerodynamic DesignComputational AerodynamicsExperimental AerodynamicsFlight SimulationNavier-stokes EquationsUnsteady AerodynamicsAerodynamic ModelingLiftingMach NumberNumerical Flow SimulationNumerical SimulationReynolds-averaged Navier - Stokes ModelingReynolds-averaged Navier-stokes EquationsReynolds-averaged Navier-stokes Modeling
This article represents a first attempt at numerical simulation of the flow field around a complete lifting body configuration utilizing the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The numerical solution generated for the experimental aircraft concept X24C-10D, at a Mach number of 5.95, exhibited accurate prediction of detailed flow properties and integrated areodynamic coefficients as well. In addition, the present analysis demonstrated that a vectorized processor with an external memory device is an efficient and viable means for processing the Navier-Stokes equations.
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