Parallel implicit Multigrid Method for Direct Numerical Simulation of Time-Dependent Compressible Turbulent Flow Around Flight Vehicles

Abstract

An oblique transition process of a flat-plate boundary layer at a free-stream Mach number of M (infinity) =4.5 and a Reynolds number of 10000 based on free-stream velocity and inflow displacement thickness is simulated as the validation of the code. Four transitional stages are observed: the linear and weakly nonlinear growth, the appearance of staggered A-vortex patterns, the evolution of A-vortex into hairpin vortex, the breakdown of hairpin vortical structures. The evolution of averaged quantities, such as the skin-friction coefficient, the mean velocity profile, the boundary layer thickness are all computed and found agreed very well with theoretic and experimental results. For complex geometry, 2D and 3D numerical grid generation method are used to generate high-quality meshes. Subsonic flow around 2D NACA 0012 airfoil and 3D Delta wing with a large angle of attack are investigated with large eddy simulation. Flow separations and large eddy structures are observed, the interactions between vortical structures will be studied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 1999
Accession Number
ADA361789

Entities

People

  • Chaoqun Liu
  • Jiang Li
  • Shan Hua

Organizations

  • Louisiana Tech University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Delta Wings
  • Differential Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Mach Number
  • Reynolds Number
  • Skin Friction
  • Swept Wings
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Fluid Dynamics.