The role of Ames Research Center in conducting basic aerodynamics research through computer simulations is described. The computer facilities, including supercomputers and peripheral equipment that represent the state of the art, are described. The methodology of computational fluid dynamics is explained briefly. Fundamental studies of turbulence and transition are being pursued to understand these phenomena and to develop models that can be used in the solution of the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. Four applications of computer simulations for aerodynamics problems are described: subsonic flow around a fuselage at high angle of attack, subsonic flow through a turbine stator-rotor stage, transonic flow around a flexible swept wing, and transonic flow around a wing-body configuration that includes an inlet and a tail.


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    Title :

    Computer Simulation of Aircraft Aerodynamics


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aircraft Symposium ; 1989 ; Fukuoka, Japan


    Publication date :

    1989-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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