Detached Eddy Simulation on the Flow Around NACA0021 Airfoil Beyond Stall Using OpenFOAM

Yue Wang, Kang Liu, Zhonghua Han

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Abstract

Accurate simulation of high Reynolds number flow around airfoils beyond stall is a challenging computational fluid dynamics (CFD) problem of significant importance in aerospace industry. In this study, detached eddy simulations (DES) have been performed on the flow around NACA0021 airfoil beyond stall at 60° angle of attack. Detailed investigations are carried on the effect of time step, the effect of span-wise length and the effect of grid resolution, respectively. The present DES results show good agreements with the experimental data and some other published pioneering work. The DES model in OpenFOAM shows a good capacity in the prediction of unsteady flow with separation and vortex shedding. Compared to the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) simulation, DES simulations show visible improvements on the prediction of force coefficients and the flow structures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018
EditorsXinguo Zhang
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages786-799
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9789811333040
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventAsia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 16 Oct 201818 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume459
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceAsia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period16/10/1818/10/18

Keywords

  • Detached eddy simulation
  • NACA0021
  • OpenFOAM
  • Separation flow

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