A Selection of Experimental Test Cases for the Validation of CFD Codes. Volume 2. (Recueil de cas d'essai Experimentaux Pour la Validation des Codes de L'Aerodynamique Numerique. Volume 2)

Abstract

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has developed to the point where the flow field around practical aircraft and missile configurations can be described fairly realistically. Although problems related to the numerical accuracy (grid refinement) and turbulence modeling still limit the application of these codes, their use today is an integral part of aircraft development and design. Before a specific code can be used with confidence, It is essential to validate the code (to test the capability of the code to describe the physics of the flow correctly) or to calibrate the code (to establish the usefulness and reliability of the code for practical design applications). An essential part of the validation process is a comparison of the CFD code with the experiment. The report has been split up in two volumes. Volume I provides a review of the theoretical (chapter 2) and experimental (chapter 3) requirements, followed by a general introduction to the test cases (chapter 4), a two-page summary of all test cases (chapter 5) and finally a discussion and some recommendations for the future (chapter 6). The detailed information on the 39 test cases can be found in Volume II. Accompanying this is a set of floppy disk's where the relevant data of all test cases have been compiled. This set of floppy disks can be obtained upon request through AGARD's National Distribution Centers

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA286216

Entities

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • High Lift Devices
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Spars
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
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