Integration of CFD and Experimental Results at VKI in Low-Speed Aerodynamic Design

Three examples of recent investigations combining CFD analysis and wind tunnel tests at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) are presented to illustrate the integration process between experimental tests and numerical results. For each project, the requirements and the methodology were...

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Main Author: Planquart, Philippe
Other Authors: VON KARMAN INST FOR FLUID DYNAMICS RHODE-SAINT-GENESE (BELGIUM)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Fluid Mechanics
*WIND TUNNEL TESTS
*AERODYNAMICS
*COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
BELGIUM
GROUND VEHICLES
GROUND STATIONS
VALIDATION
SYMPOSIA
*FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION
*VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS
FOREIGN REPORTS
POLAR BASES
BRIEFING CHARTS
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA515473
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA515473
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Summary:Three examples of recent investigations combining CFD analysis and wind tunnel tests at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) are presented to illustrate the integration process between experimental tests and numerical results. For each project, the requirements and the methodology were different but the final goal was to obtain an optimized aerodynamic design. The first project presented is dealing with a fluid-structure interaction problem. The second project concerns the aerodynamic design of a new Belgian polar base station for Antarctica and the last project concerns the design of an ultra-streamlined land vehicle for the next Solar World Challenge. Presented at the International Symposium on Integrating CFD and Experiments in Aerodynamics (3rd) held at US Air Force Academy, CO on 20-21 June 2007. Document include briefing charts (22 slides, title same as report). The original document contains color images.

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