A numerical simulation of the complete circuit of the NASA Langley 14 x 22-ft low-speed wind tunnel is described. Inside the circuit, all turning vanes are modeled as well as the five flow control vanes downstream of the 1st corner. The fan drive system is modeled using an actuator disk for the fan blades coupled with the fan nacelle. All the surfaces are modeled as viscous walls except the turning vanes, which were modeled as inviscid surfaces. NASA Langley's TetrUSS unstructured grid software was used for grid generation and flow simulation. Two turbulence models were employed in the present study, namely, the one-equation Spalart-Allmaras model and the shear stress transport (SST) model of Menter. The paper shows the flow characteristics in the circuit and compares the results with experimental data where available.
Numerical Simulation of a Complete Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Circuit
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 2016 ; San Diego, CA, United States
2016-01-04
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Numerical Simulation of a Complete Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Circuit (AIAA 2016-2117)
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