Unsteady Simulation of Transonic Buffet of a Supercritical Airfoil with Shock Control Bump
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Numerical Method and Validation
2.1. Numerical Method
2.2. Computational Grid
2.3. Validation of the Baseline OAT15A Airfoil
3. Numerical Study of Shock Control Bump
3.1. Shape of the Shock Control Bump
3.2. Time-Averaged Characteristics of the Airfoil with Bumps
3.3. Fluctuation Characteristics of the Airfoil with Bumps
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Configuration | Angle of Attack | Lift Coefficient | RMS of Lift Coefficient | Drag Coefficient | RMS of Drag Coefficient | Lift-to-Drag Ratio | Pitching Moment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline airfoil | 2.5° | 0.919 | 0.006884 | 0.03009 | 0.000724 | 30.54 | −0.1335 |
3.5° | 0.968 | 0.037572 | 0.04823 | 0.003737 | 20.07 | −0.1262 | |
Bump 1 (h/c = 0.004, xB/c = 0.55) | 3.5° | 0.965 (−0.3%) | 0.027828 (−25.9%) | 0.04634 (−3.9%) | 0.003107 (−16.8%) | 20.82 (+3.7%) | −0.1252 (+0.8%) |
Bump 2 (h/c = 0.008, xB/c = 0.55) | 2.5° | 0.866 (−5.8%) | 0.004527 (−34.2%) | 0.03174 (+5.5%) | 0.000662 (−8.6%) | 27.28 (−10.6%) | −0.1260 (+5.6%) |
3.5° | 0.953 (−1.5%) | 0.012188 (−67.6%) | 0.04484 (−7.0%) | 0.001569 (−58.0%) | 21.25 (+5.9%) | −0.1229 (+2.6%) | |
Bump 3 (h/c = 0.012, xB/c = 0.55) | 3.5° | 0.917 (−5.3%) | 0.008297 (−77.9%) | 0.04642 (−3.8%) | 0.001343 (−64.1%) | 19.75 (−1.6%) | −0.1184 (+6.2%) |
Bump 4 (h/c = 0.008, xB/c = 0.50) | 2.5° | 0.870 (−5.3%) | 0.003852 (−44.0%) | 0.03395 (+12.8%) | 0.000549 (−24.2%) | 25.63 (−16.1%) | −0.1271 (+4.8%) |
3.5° | 0.925 (−4.4%) | 0.016171 (−56.9%) | 0.04559 (−5.5%) | 0.002168 (−42.0%) | 20.29 (+1.1%) | −0.1193 (+5.5%) |
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Zhang, Y.; Yang, P.; Li, R.; Chen, H. Unsteady Simulation of Transonic Buffet of a Supercritical Airfoil with Shock Control Bump. Aerospace 2021, 8, 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8080203
Zhang Y, Yang P, Li R, Chen H. Unsteady Simulation of Transonic Buffet of a Supercritical Airfoil with Shock Control Bump. Aerospace. 2021; 8(8):203. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8080203
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yufei, Pu Yang, Runze Li, and Haixin Chen. 2021. "Unsteady Simulation of Transonic Buffet of a Supercritical Airfoil with Shock Control Bump" Aerospace 8, no. 8: 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8080203
APA StyleZhang, Y., Yang, P., Li, R., & Chen, H. (2021). Unsteady Simulation of Transonic Buffet of a Supercritical Airfoil with Shock Control Bump. Aerospace, 8(8), 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8080203