Integration of CFD and Experimental Results at VKI in Low-Speed Aerodynamic Design

Abstract

Three examples of recent investigations combining CFD analysis and wind tunnel tests at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) are presented to illustrate the integration process between experimental tests and numerical results. For each project, the requirements and the methodology were different but the final goal was to obtain an optimized aerodynamic design. The first project presented is dealing with a fluid-structure interaction problem. The second project concerns the aerodynamic design of a new Belgian polar base station for Antarctica and the last project concerns the design of an ultra-streamlined land vehicle for the next Solar World Challenge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA515473

Entities

People

  • Philippe Planquart

Organizations

  • von Kármán Institute for Fluid Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Engineering
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Test Facilities
  • Turbulence
  • Vortex Shedding
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Dynamics.