Viscous–inviscid interaction is the fastest method in computational fluid dynamics available for airfoil design and analysis that is able to capture viscous effects on the flow. Despite advances in (Reynolds-averaged) Navier–Stokes equations solvers and models, it is arguably the first choice for preliminary and even detailed design. A new method of coupling the boundary-layer equations to the inviscid flow is presented. The boundary-layer equations are solved with given displacement thickness, and a Newton method couples the viscous and inviscid regimes. This leads to a significant decrease in computational effort as compared to a joint solution of the boundary-layer equations with the coupling problem. The software Viiflow uses this mechanism, and examples that couple the integral boundary-layer equations with a panel method are presented: assessing accuracy using wind-tunnel measurements, using the software for a fluid–structure interaction problem, and a runtime performance comparison demonstrating a significant improvement as compared to the popular viscous–inviscid interaction airfoil analysis software XFOIL for higher numbers of panels.


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    Title :

    Viiflow—A New Inverse Viscous-Inviscid Interaction Method


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 57 , 6 ; 2248-2253


    Publication date :

    2019-04-17


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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