Computational Fluid Dynamics in the United Kingdom.

Abstract

A review is presented of computational methods in aerodynamic research and design, with application of the methods and associated computing facilities included. The review begins with a brief survey of the field, to give an overall view and to identify what seem to be notable features. These are then described in turn. The first is a development by Hall and his colleagues of accurate and fast schemes for solving the Euler equations, based on the finite-volume cell-vertex methods introduced by Denton and Ni. Next is a development of a block-structures ('multiblock') grid generation technique by the Aircraft Research Association. There follows an application of this grid generation scheme, in conjunction with an Euler solver, to the calculation of the transonic flow past a wing-body-canard configuration. Finally, an application of viscous-inviscid interaction techniques to the design of a fan rotor is described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA184580

Entities

People

  • M. G. Hall
  • S. P. Fiddes

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircrafts
  • Airfoils
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Canard Configurations
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computers
  • Euler Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mach Number
  • Military Aircraft
  • Swept Wings

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)