Direct numerical simulation of separated Low-Reynolds number flows around an Eppler 387 airfoil

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sahin, Mehmet ^a   Hall, Jeremiah ^a   Mohseni, Kamran ^a   Hillewaert, Koen ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b CENAERO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulations; Laminar separation bubble; Low reynolds number aerodynamics; Parallel computing; Unstructured methods

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AIRFOILS; ALTITUDE CONTROL; ANTENNAS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AERODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; LAMINAR SEPARATION BUBBLE; LIFT AND DRAG COEFFICIENTS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; UNSTRUCTURED METHODS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 77956616700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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