CFD Methods for Drag Prediction and Analysis Currently in Use in UK

Abstract

Computational methods developed in UK for the prediction of the drag of aircraft components at subsonic and supersonic speeds are critically reviewed. In many cases, the flow modelling is found to be lacking in certain respects. Despite this, however, the review suggests that these methods have a useful function both in the early stages of aircraft design, when they may be used to study differences in the drag of various shapes, and later in support of wind-tunnel tests as a diagnostic tool and also to 'extrapolate' the data to 'full scale'. Keywords: Great Britain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA208805

Entities

People

  • P. R. Ashill

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Euler Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Reynolds Number
  • Swept Wings
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Viscous Flow
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow