A Computational Study of Unsteady Ship Airwake

Abstract

The superstructure, deck, and other features of large ships produce large separated regions in the airflow over the ship and a variety of vortex flows generated mainly by edges in the geometry. These features are of importance for aircraft operations on and around these ships. The ability to predict the airwake over a ship can aid in the development of aircraft operating envelopes and can be used to "diagnose" airwake structures that result in problematic or unusable landing spots. In addition, the ability to predict airwake could be used as a design tool to address air operations early in a ship design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419097

Entities

People

  • Christopher W. S. Bruner
  • Susan A. Polsky

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Mach Number
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Reynolds Number
  • Steady State
  • Turbulence
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.