Reprint

Computational Aerodynamic Modeling of Aerospace Vehicles

Edited by
March 2019
294 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03897-610-3 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03897-611-0 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Computational Aerodynamic Modeling of Aerospace Vehicles that was published in

Engineering
Summary
Currently, the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions is considered as the state-of-the-art in the modeling of unsteady nonlinear flow physics and offers an early and improved understanding of air vehicle aerodynamics and stability and control characteristics. This Special Issue covers recent computational efforts on simulation of aerospace vehicles including fighter aircraft, rotorcraft, propeller driven vehicles, unmanned vehicle, projectiles, and air drop configurations. The complex flow physics of these configurations pose significant challenges in CFD modeling. Some of these challenges include prediction of vortical flows and shock waves, rapid maneuvering aircraft with fast moving control surfaces, and interactions between propellers and wing, fluid and structure, boundary layer and shock waves.Additional topic of interest in this Special Issue is the use of CFD tools in aircraft design and flight mechanics. The problem with these applications is the computational cost involved, particularly if this is viewed as a brute-force calculation of vehicle’s aerodynamics through its flight envelope. To make progress in routinely using of CFD in aircraft design, methods based on sampling, model updating and system identification should be considered.
Format
  • Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
wake; bluff body; square cylinder; DDES; URANS; turbulence model; large eddy simulation; Taylor–Green vortex; numerical dissipation; modified equation analysis; truncation error; MUSCL; dynamic Smagorinsky subgrid-scale model; kinetic energy dissipation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); microfluidics; numerical methods; gasdynamics; shock-channel; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (DG–FEM); fluid mechanics; characteristics-based scheme; multi-directional; Riemann solver; Godunov method; bifurcation; wind tunnel; neural networks; modeling; unsteady aerodynamic characteristics; high angles of attack; hypersonic; wake; chemistry; slender-body; angle of attack; detection; after-body; S-duct diffuser; flow distortion; flow control; vortex generators; aeroelasticity; reduced-order model; flutter; wind gust responses; computational fluid dynamics; convolution integral; sharp-edge gust; reduced order aerodynamic model; geometry; meshing; aerodynamics; CPACS; MDO; VLM; Euler; CFD; variable fidelity; multi-fidelity; aerodynamic performance; formation; VLM; RANS; hybrid reduced-order model; quasi-analytical; aeroelasticity; flexible wings; subsonic; wing–propeller aerodynamic interaction; p-factor; installed propeller; overset grid approach; n/a